Assignment: Market Structure and Financial Stability
Question: Based on the dataset from World Bank on Financial Structure and Development, carry out a cross-country analysis on financial market structure and financial stability.
Please limit your answer of the question to 2000 words or less. You can use charts and tables to illustrate your analysis. The maximum number of tables (or charts / graphs) is four.
Include a draft of Chapter 3 for your Proposal. Include the following Level 2 headers: (a) Participants, including a description of the population, sample, and sampling procedures; (b) Instruments, including an overview of your data collection instrument, discussion of the survey development and pilot test; (c) Procedures, including your research design, data collection procedures, and data analysis procedures; and (d) Limitations of the proposed study. See below for additional information and chapter layout for a quantitative study. If you are conducting a qualitative or mixed methods study please contact the instructor for the appropriate template for Chapter 3.
This case study is the central individual project for each student within the course. This study serves to help synthesize the material covered in the course. It should bring the essence of the lectures and readings of the course. It should demonstrate the student’s thorough understanding of at least six of the “metaphors of organization” studied within the course (see below) and a capacity to apply these in depth to a chosen case study.
The following are general instructions for completing the project. You will find a rubric for the grading of the paper in Blackboard, under Assignments, “Practical Case Study”.
GUIDELINES FOR THE PRACTICAL CASE STUDY
In this course, you will examine a number of different ways of viewing organizations. Each way provides a lens that highlights different aspects of organization. These ways of viewing, or metaphors, should be explored in depth within the analysis.
The purpose of this case study is to create an opportunity to apply the ideas and concepts discussed in class and the readings in the analysis of a real organizational situation. The situation may be drawn from your own experience or from some public event on which information is readily available in newspapers, reports, etc. Your choice of organization and situation will be an important one, and will call for considerable judgment and discretion on your part in deciding whether it is feasible to use it for the purposes of the case study.
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Be sure to maintain a professional stance in relation to matters which are sensitive and confidential, and disguise the source of your project (unless it is drawn from public records)
through use of appropriate pseudonyms. Confidentiality and the general conduct of the project are entirely your responsibility, so proceed with caution and ethical care.
If you have no other way to identify an organization, you may choose a complex, real life organizational problem/situation as described in a detailed case study or written about in at least multiple sources in the press (for example in Fortune, the Economist, Sloane Management Review, Wall Street Journal, or through a case clearing house such as the Harvard Business School Press. It should not be a case that you have studied in another course, and must be a unique submission with minimal similarity (less than 15%) to other cases or papers submitted via the Blackboard “Turnitin” system. (You will find a Turnitin link under Assignments in Blackboard for your case study.)
In essence, the case study invites you to do the following:
1) Identify an organizational situation that appears to be amenable to the kind of analysis and exploration used in this course: the situation must be sufficiently complex to generate enough material for the writing of a case that meets the specifications described below.
2) Find relevant information and data about the organization and situation.
3.) Consider the metaphors, images, concepts and general ideas discussed in class. Choose at least six of the metaphors to apply to your organization to help to make sense of the situation being described.
4) Write up the case study in a way that relates evidence to theory to provide an appropriate analysis and explanation of the situation described.
Successful organizational analysis rests in an ability to examine any given organizational situation so that its fundamental characteristics are made clear. It is not simply a question of spotting problems and applying appropriate solutions. Rather, it hinges on questions such as:
• What is going on in the situation that you are analyzing?
• How can you account for its characteristics and the way these may be changing?
• How can you make sense of the situation and arrive at an interpretation that allows you to say something concrete about it?
Elements of the Case Study
(a) Brief Summary: Introduction to Your Organization A brief account of the situation being investigated, providing sufficient information for the reader to understand the nature of the organization and its context. This section should include relevant background information as well as a clear statement of the focus of your case study. For example, it is appropriate to provide information on the age, size, and history of the organization, the product or services it provides, and the general nature of its environment. The purpose of this is to orient the reader, so that he or she can acquire an understanding of the industry or sector with which you are dealing, and the general trends it is facing. Following a general introduction, you should focus in on the specific situation of the organization that demands—or did demand– attention.
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(b) Analyze the organization using at least six metaphors from the course. Here explain and demonstrate your thorough understanding of the metaphors. Present the organization in terms of the six metaphors, applying these to bring out the critical issues and challenges of the situation. Demonstrate your understanding of the metaphors and their relevance to the case (if you find that they do not appear relevant, choose other metaphors. If you cannot find six that are relevant you should choose a different focal organization!).
The different metaphors that we discuss in class fit different situations. Which metaphors or combination of metaphors best accounts for your situation, and helps you understand and produce the analysis or “storyline” by which you can best gain insight (For more details on this method, see Chapter 11 of Images of Organization). This will call upon your ability to use your information and judge its significance.
For example, you may find that your case is best understood as a situation of organizational politics, one of classic bureaucracy, or one that is best understood in terms of the inability of the organization to adapt to its environment. You cannot make this judgment too early in the course—you will have to wait until you have finished the preliminary analysis. If you are successful in this final stage of the project, you will find that you have a much deeper understanding of the situation studied than you did at the beginning of the course. Your task in writing the final report is to communicate this understanding to the reader.
(c) Offer substantial and clear recommendations for the organization, and show how these emerge from your analysis. Here you can synthesize but go beyond the metaphors.
The report should be approximately ten to twelve double-spaced pages (approximately 4000-5000 words).
CRITERIA FOR EVALUATING THE REPORTS
The following criteria will be used to evaluate the case study
• Demonstrated understanding of the metaphors, and the theories and concepts related to these, which can be used to explain the case situation; a discussion of alternative ways of viewing the case will be particularly valuable when relevant.
• The comprehensiveness and care with which the case situation being analyzed is
described
• The complexity of the case (cases that are very simple and offer little challenge will not necessarily earn a high grade)
• The quality of discussion linking theory to data: the rigor and soundness of your
analysis and general conclusions
• The professionalism with which the report is presented.
Imagine you are an established film scholar at a large university, who has been contacted by the Encyclopaedia Britannica editors to write about the Film Noir genre for a scheduled update of their online edition. Your specific assignment is to develop a 4-5 pp., double-spaced encyclopedia entry on Film Noir (Thoughtful titles, font size no larger than #12, uniform 1” margins around all four sides of the page please), detailing the genre’s origins, variation, scope, and evolution. This is an intentionally 7 difficult assignment, and you lack the space of a typical 8-10pp thesis-based research paper to waffle aimlessly for seven pages before you finally determine what you want to say. You need to make every word count while at the same time being as comprehensive as you can. The best entries will be concise and specific while also providing a clear explanation of the overall features of Film Noir. What overarching observations, points, and critique(s) do you want to make about the genre, school, style, or filmic cycle known as Film Noir? How might these be exemplified by particular movies we have seen? What else do you want to include in your encyclopedia entry?
Choose one of the case studies provided in the Electronic Reserve Readings for Week 1, please do not choose a video, choose one of the Journal Articles provided.
Write a 1,050- to 1,200-word paper in which you analyze cross-cultural psychology. As a part of your analysis, do the following:
Provide an overview of the case study.
Use the case study to provide a definition and an example of cultural and cross-cultural psychology.
Analyze the relationship between cultural and cross-cultural psychology.
Discuss the methodology associated with cross-cultural research.
Discuss how the case study helps you better understand how ethnicity, race, and worldviews are separate yet related concepts.
Discuss how enculturation may play a role in the case study you have chosen.
Incorporate at least THREE credible, PEER-REVIEWED references.
Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.
Select one of the following thesis-statements:
• Greed is good for society
• Marriage is an outdated institution
• Only individuals with high IQ scores should be allowed to make the law
• Being poor is just a state of mind
• Citizens have no rights to privacy
• To limit population growth, China’s one-child policy should become international law
• Obese persons should be charged extra on flights
• In a free market, it should be possible to buy citizenship
Write an argumentative essay in support of the thesis. You are going to be arguing for this position.
You need to find and use your own sources to discuss the issue and support your argument. You must also use 2 or 3 readings from the course to develop your thesis. To do this, ask yourself the following questions: How do you think the writers we have studied could help us better understand these issues or to question them? How would Socrates, Shakespeare, Marx, Gandhi, etc. respond to these subjects?
Guidelines
Begin your essay with a short introduction that introduces your topic, states your thesis, and explains the purposes of your essay (i.e. why your thesis matters). The body of your essay should be a carefully structured discussion of specific examples in support of your thesis. Your writing should be clear and straightforward.
Refer closely to 2 or 3 readings from the course. Choose readings from different units of the course.
You should also use at least 2 additional sources in your essay – sources you have found yourself. These need to be reliable and scholarly sources (i.e. academic books or journal articles, not websites). Consult a librarian to help you if you are unsure how to find academic sources.
The assignment should be 4-6 pages, double-spaced. Use a regular font, 12-point. Do not include a cover-page or a contents page. Add your name and ZU ID on the first page. Include page-numbers.
All of the sources you use in your essay should be cited correctly. Use a consistent citation style (MLA, APA, etc.) for your in-text citations and bibliography. Do not use footnotes or endnotes.
You are welcome to solicit feedback from your instructor on your work as you write it – in person and/or over email. However, do not leave this until the last minute.
Any instance of plagiarism or dishonesty, however small or unintended, will result in a zero- grade.
Work is due in class on 9 December. Turn in your essay in class and also upload a copy to SafeAssign on Blackboard. No extensions will be given, so plan your time accordingly.
The assignment is worth 30% of your final grade (see rubric).
Finally, please note: An essay you write does not have to reflect your personal views. What is more important is that you understand an issue and can make an effective and original argument about it using reliable sources.
1) Read the “sourcing potato’s for elevation burger Kuwait”
2) Prepare two page report “Use easy vocabulary “
3) Make sure to itemize your response to identify the question you are answering (no need to rewrite the question only add the letter of the questin)
4) List of the question
A. What are the challenges facing TABCo in sourcing potatoes?
B. Is there an ethical dilemma facing Ali Ashkanani in sourcing potatoes for elevation burger? If so, then explain. What do you recommend ali to do?
C. How do you view the approach ali Ashkanani took in solving the potato-sourcing problem? What would you do differently?
D. What do you recommend TABCo to do moving forward? Support your response with figures from the case. You may need to take into account TABCo’s cost of capital and growth rate. Clearly state and justify your assumptions. Use Microsoft excels to conduct a net-a-present-value for the different alternatives.
Please be sure that all the paper is taking to the main company no need for any concept . Thank you
I need you to use the 7 steps of problem solving to write a report about 4000 words, the problem is how (Dublin GAA) football team winning the all Ireland championships, I need you to use techniques (linear programming) (simulation) (statistics) (forecasting).
There are some constraints could be used like injuries, competition from other teams, weather, how many times a week or a day they can train, moral within the team, quality of the coaching.
The abstract of the report should be 2 pages (see the word document guidelines attached)
In addition, I need you to do a poster and follow the attached (pdf) files instructions. Please see the attached instructions for more information
Case 1
Subjective Data
CC: “I came for my annual physical exam, but do not want to be a burden to my daughter.”
History of Present Illness (HPI): At-risk 86-year-old Asian male – who is physically and financially dependent on his daughter, a single mother who has little time or money for her father’s health needs.
PMH: hypertension (HTN), gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), b12 deficiency and chronic prostatitis
PSH: S/P cholecystectomy
Drug Hx:
Current Meds: Lisinopril 10mg daily, Prilosec 20mg daily, B12 injections monthly, and cipro 100mg daily.
Review of Systems (ROS)
General: + weight loss of 25 lbs over the past year; no recent fatigue, fever or chills.
Head, eyes, ears, nose & throat (HEENT): no changes in vision or hearing, no difficulty chewing or swallowing.
Neck: no pain or injury
Respiratory:
CV:
GI:
GU: no urinary hesitancy or change in urine stream
Integument: multiple bruises on his upper arms and back.
MS/Neuro: + falls x 2 within the last 6 months; no syncopal episodes or dizziness
Psych:
Objective Data
PE: B/P 188/96; Pulse 89; RR 16; Temp 99.0; Ht 5,6; wt 110; BMI 17.8
HEENT: Atraumatic, normocephalic, PERRLA, EOMI, arcus senilus bilaterally, conjunctiva and sclera clear, nares patent, ornasopharynx clear, edentulous.
Lungs: CTA AP&L
Cor: S1S2 without rub or gallop
Abd: benign, normoactive bowel sounds x 4
Ext: no cyanosis, clubbing or edema
Integument: multiple bruises in different stages of healing – on his upper arms and back.
Neuro: No obvious deformities, CN grossly intact II-XII
Case 2
Subjective Data
CC: “I am here for my annual physical exam and have been having vaginal discharge.”
History of Present Illness (HPI): 32-year-old pregnant lesbian – her pregnancy has been without complication thus far. She has been receiving prenatal care from an obstetrician. She received sperm from a local sperm bank.
Drug Hx:
Current Medications: prenatal vitamins and takes Tylenol over the counter for aches and pains on occasion
Family Hx: She a strong family history of diabetes. Gravida 1; Para 0; Abortions 0.
Review of Systems (ROS)
General: no fatigue, fever or chills.
Head, eyes, ears, nose & throat (HEENT):
Neck: no pain or injury
Respiratory:
CV:
GI:
GU:
Integument: multiple piercings, and tattoos. Old scars related to “cutting”.
Neuro: no syncopal episodes or dizziness, no change in memory or thinking patterns; no twitches or abnormal movements
Objective Data
PE: B/P 128/76; Pulse 83; RR 16; Temp 99.0; Ht 5,6; wt 128; BMI 20.98
HEENT: Atraumatic, normocephalic, PERRLA, EOMI, conjunctiva and sclera clear; nares patent, ornasopharynx clear, good dentition. Piercing in her right nostril and lower lip.
Lungs: CTA AP&L
Cor: S1S2 without rub or gallop
Abd: benign, normoactive bowel sounds x 4
GU: external genitalia intact, no lesions or masses. White copious discharge with an amine odor; no cervical motion tenderness; adenxa intact.
Ext: no cyanosis, clubbing or edema
Integument: intact without lesions masses or rashes.
Neuro: No obvious deficits and CN grossly intact II-XII
Case 3
Subjective Data
CC: “Annual physical exam”
History of Present Illness (HPI): 23-year-old Native American male comes in to see you because he has been having anxiety and wants something to help him. He has been smoking “pot” and says he drinks to help him too. He tells you he is afraid that he will not get into Heaven if he continues in this lifestyle.
Drug Hx:
Current medication – denied
Allergies: no allergies to food or medications.
Family history: is very positive for diabetes, hypertension, and alcoholism.
Review of Systems (ROS)
General: no recent weight gains of losses, fatigue, fever or chills.
Head, eyes, ears, nose & throat (HEENT):
Neck:
Respiratory:
CV: no chest discomfort or palpitations
GI:
GU:
Integument: history of eczema – not active
MS/Neuro: no syncopal episodes or dizziness, no change in memory or thinking patterns; no twitches or abnormal movements
Psych:
Objective Data
PE: B/P 158/90; Pulse 88; RR 18; Temp 99.2; Ht 5,7; wt 208; BMI 32.6
General: 23 year old male appears well developed and well nourished. He is anxious – pacing in the room and fidgeting, but in no acute distress.
HEENT: Atraumatic, normocephalic, PERRLA, EOMI, sclera with mild icterus, nares patent, ornasopharynx clear, poor dentition – multiple carries.
Lungs: CTA AP&L
Cor: S1S2, +II/VI holosystolic murmur; without rub or gallop
Abd: benign, normoactive bowel sounds x 4; Hepatomegaly 2cm below the costal margin.
Ext: no cyanosis, clubbing or edema
Integument: intact without lesions masses or rashes.
Neuro: No obvious deficits and CN grossly intact II-XII
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To prepare:
Select one of the three case studies. Reflect on the provided patient information.
Reflect on the specific socioeconomic, spiritual, lifestyle, and other cultural factors related to the health of the patient you selected.
Consider how you would build a health history for the patient. What questions would you ask, and how would you frame them to be sensitive to the patient’s background, lifestyle, and culture? Develop five targeted questions you would ask the patient to build his or her health history and to assess his or her health risks.
Think about the challenges associated with communicating with patients from a variety of specific populations. What strategies can you as a nurse employ to be sensitive to different cultural factors while gathering the pertinent information?
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Post an explanation of the specific socioeconomic, spiritual, lifestyle, and other cultural factors associated with the patient you selected. Explain the issues that you would need to be sensitive to when interacting with the patient, and why. Provide at least five targeted questions you would ask the patient to build his or her health history and to assess his or her health risks.
TASK 1
Reflective blog / Learning journal – section
Generate 100 ideas for a business
Record your 100 ideas and initial thoughts about the process
Evaluating your 100 ideas; Consider the relevance of Kanter critical reflection to your process.
Develope one business idea
-Draft your Business Model Canvas (BMC) hypotheses for a business Idea; Consider the relevance of Sarasvathy critical reflection to your process
Test your hypothesis / pivot ; Consider if the prototype has helped you to change your idea
Evidence of ‘talking-to-people’ and incremental reflection on what this input has meant in terms of testing your hypotheses.
Walk in the customers shoes
Observe customers
Talk to people
Run a survey
Design a ‘near-real’ experiment
– Talk to 10 customer; Record details of your customer interactions; consider the ‘Think / Act / Do cycle’
Design for viability
– Develop an operational plan; Talk to 10 customers; Record details of your customer interactions; are your hypotheses changing? How does this relate to Sarasvathy?
Design for viability
– Develop a team plan and job descriptions; Talk to 5 suppliers; Record details of your customer interactions; what academic theory is most relevant to you at this stage?
– Develop a cash-flow statement from start-up to breakeven / viability; Reflect on the iterative process of development
Design for growth
-Work through the RBV framework; Consider if you are now an effectuator or causator
Thinking about the future
– competitive strategy; Explore the process of planning versus experimentation
Design for growth
– Work through alternative future scenarios (5 year worst-case and best case); Consider the resource implications of success / failure
Work on your BMC for viability and BMC for growth; Record your process and analyse accordingly
Continue to test your hypotheses / refine; Record your process and analyse accordingly
Marking criteria. (2000 words or more)
Critical use of appropriate entrepreneurial theory (40%)
-You need to use your reflective evidence from within each of the identified sections (identified below) to critique identified theory from within the field of entrepreneurship. Harvard referencing must be used
Journal and reflection on ideation (15%)
-This period maps the creative time where you develop the initial idea. Evidence should be given of the evaluation of the 100 business ideas
Journal and reflection on business design for viability (15%)
-This period maps the initial design phase where you developed the business model and functional areas through an iterative process of design, customer interaction and experimentation
Journal and reflection on business design for growth (15%)
-This period maps the final design phase where you developed the business model and functional areas through a process of forecasting and strategic planning
Consideration for development / action plan (15%)
– Following your weekly reflection and critical review you should present an action plan based on your analysis of how you will do things differently in future for each phase e.g. ideation, business design for viability, business design for growth.
TASK 2
Develop a business plan
Business plan section
The business model / plan should not exceed 2000 words, excluding appendices.
Marking criteria
Success / Business model (10%)
– Overview of your business model; This could include a vision, and should articulate your story of business.
Viability summary (5%)
-The plan explains how the business model will reach viability, being the point at which the business reaches breakeven and is economically sustainable.
Components of Business Model Canvas (10%)
-The plan uses the components of the BMC to describe the business model required to reach this level of viability.
Hypotheses (15%)
-The hypothetical linkages between the components of your business model are identified with an explanation of how robust / believable they are e.g. number of customers / suppliers / consulted; observations made; surveys completed.
Growth summary (5%)
-The plan communicates how the business will grow from initial viability to a more ambitious implementation over an extended timeframe (for example 5 or 10 years).
Components of Business Model Canvas (10%)
-The plan uses the components of the BMC that need to change in order for the business model to grow over the identified extended timeframe.
Hypotheses (15%)
-The hypothetical linkages between the components of your business model are identified with an explanation of how robust / believable they are i.e supported through scenario planning, sensitivity analysis, Cost, data-forecasts (Budget, break even analysis)
Evidence base (20%)
-The business model has been developed with evidence of: robust primary research, customer interaction and consultation with experts; diligent use of relevant analytical tools such as scenario planning, etc. Evidence of these must be provided within the appendix
Communication of plan (10%)
-The plan is clearly and consistently communicated, with appropriate grammar and relevant referencing where necessary. Visual techniques are used as appropriate to simplify and reinforce delivery
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