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Capital Budgeting Proposal

Topic: Capital Budgeting Proposal
Choose a U.S. based, publically-held, and exchange traded Multi National Corporation (MNC). Determine an international business investment that the firm would likely pursue. Assume the CFO of the firm suggests that you (Manager of the firm) write a letter to him/her describing the planned investment.
Prepare an introductory letter outlining the investment idea. The letter should layout details about the proposed business including why it is needed, why it will succeed (profit, sales, costs, etc), and how it fits into the firm’s current operations and expertise. The letter should also discuss the cultural, legal, and agency issues of the country where the investment is planned. The letter should be between 400 – 500 words (approximately 2 pages double spaced).
The company is Apple, Inc. The place of investment is Dubai, UAE.

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Irish tidal energy

Topic: Irish tidal energy
This is not an engineering project it is a project management project so you do not need to be specific on the numbers ( not a real company or numbers ).
the module is taken from the book named (project management a managerial approach copy right 2009 john wiley & sons, Inc)

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curriculum design project

Topic: curriculum design project
Curriculum Design Project
Type: Assignment – Planning Document
Learning Outcomes Assessed: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Weight: 60%
Task Description:
Design a 10-week language learning program for a group of learners.
Word limit: 2500
Stage 1
Design a 10-week ESL/EFL teaching program suitable for a future class that you wish to teach. Present the program in a tabular framework. At minimum you should include the following in your framework:
 Topics
 Language focus (structure, function, lexical, phonological etc.)
 Skills focus
 Goals
 Outcomes
 Resources
 Tasks/activities
 Assessing learning
Stage 2
Write a rationale for the above program using the principles of curriculum design you have learned. Provide in-text references to your rationale / justification and present a complete list of references at the end of your assignment.
Include the following in your rationale:
1. Class profile:
 Teaching context, e.g. school, university, private institute
 Students’ age, language and social background
 Level of proficiency
 Type of class, e.g. general, academic, school subject
 Student general motivation/interest in English
 Length of lessons and number of hours taught per week.
2. Needs analysis:
 Learners’ entry and exit levels.
 Scope
 Sequence
3. Situation analysis
 Contextual factors
 Learner factors
 Teacher factors
 Cultural considerations
Theories underlying your design of this program for this group of learners.

Performance indicators will be provided for these criteria on Learning@Griffith
1. Overview of your curriculum
2. Understanding of curriculum design principles.
3. Knowledge of relevant theories
4. Explanation and justification of your curriculum design
5. Formal academic conventions for presentation, written experssion and referencing using APA style
You have to design a 10 week english teaching program for the group of 25 punjabi community people residing in Australia who are intermediate in level of learning. Basically you have to design a one lesson plan for a week. That means in total you have to design 10 lesson plan to teach these Punjabi students. You have to just cover grammar only. It means you have to design 10 grammar lesson plan. One lesson plan for each week for the class of 25 students and the time should be 2 hrs with a lunch break. But you can also set time according to your lesson plan. You can use direct method of teaching that is English to English as their level is intermediate. You can use a grammar book as a resource, as you have to mention the resource to justify your teaching program. I am also sending you the sample of curriculum design program. They are 5 in total and you can use any one of the sample according to your choice. But you have to mainly focus on the following points while framing this curriculum design project given below
1) Aim
2) Objectives
3) Methodology( what methods you are going to use, example play cards, translation etc)
4) Evaluation ( how you are going to conduct evaluation, example fill ups, true or false etc
While framing the lesson plan you have to be very careful about
1) What kind of teaching methods you are going to use
2) You have to make appropriate questions to keep the learners engaged
3) You have to keep on modifying your teaching methodology
4) Contextual matters weigh a lot.
After designing the 10 lesson plan you have write an essay to justify your lesson plans or curriculum design project. You have to focus on the competence and performance of the students. You have to discuss age issues and socio cultural issue. The essay would be divided in following section given below
1) Introduction
2) Class Profile
3) Need Analysis
4) Situational analysis
5) Theories underpinning the curriculum design
6) Conclusion
The assignment should have a general goal. The topic sentence of the essay should be very clear. All the relevant theories can be discussed together with the previous discussion but you can also have a separate section for it but you have to relate it to the previous discussion. I am also attaching the relevant articles which you can use. For referencing you have to use APA style and it has to be really a correct referencing.

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Topic: Economy

Question (1): (In your response, be sure to draw a supply/demand graph with clearly labeled axis and curves. Be as specific as possible.)

Dynamic interaction are continuously taking place between the supply and the demand of the market under free market economies . As a result the equilibrium price and continuously adjust to the vibrations and shocks from both sides of the market. The last Eid holidays about half a million visitors came to dubai to celebrate Eid. As a demand for hotel rooms and restaurant meals increased during that period. While was a significant increase in price for an average hotel room, restaurant meal price did not increase at all. Based on the above background answer the following two questions. (2.5x 2)marks

(A) use comparative statics as a tool to analyze the hotel room market. Compare and contrast the relative elasticities of demand and supply of hotel rooms. What are the underlying factors that account for elasticities of demand and supply for any good or product? List and explain at least three factors for each of elasticity of demand and elasticity of supply.

(B) Evaluate the market for restaurant meals using the comparative statics as a tool to analyze the market dynamics. In the face of an increasing demand why the restaurant price didn’t rise ?

Question (2) :(In your response, be sure to draw a supply/demand graph with clearly labeled axis and curves. Be as specific as possible.)

This question deals with the concept of opportunity costs and the comparative advantage. John can produce 20 cups or 30 plates in a day and Peter can produce 15 cups and 45 plates . (1+1+1+2=5)

(A) Identify the opportunity cost of both of them in production of each of the two items.

(B) Strategic decisions are made based on the evaluation of comparative advantages. In this example , identify the respective comparative advantages of two persons.

(C) clearly analyze how these two individuals can make gains from trade and identify the age of possible negotiations and predict the outcomes. Will the combined daily output of cups and plates increase if they trade and specialize? Provide justifications for your conclusions.

(D) A manager has to make optimum utilization of scare resources, and in process he has to make difficult decisions about allocating resources, such as man power (skilled and Un skilled workers), space, and financial resources. Using specific examples, clearly explain the concept of opportunity cost is used by a manager to make his decisions to maximize profits for his organization.

Question (3):(In your response, be sure to draw a supply/demand graph with clearly labeled axis and curves. Be as specific as possible.)

Apples and oranges are substitutes. A freeze in Florida destroys most of the orange crop. What would you expect to happen to the market for the following:

a. Oranges?

b. Apples?

c. Orange juice?

Question (4): (In your response, be sure to draw a supply/demand graph with clearly labeled axis and curves. Be as specific as possible.)

In 1987 a 386 PC sold at a price of $6,995. Five years later, you could purchase essentially the same computer for $1,495. Today, you can purchase a faster Pentium for a fraction of the initial price of a slower 386 PC.

a. Why have computer prices fallen so dramatically?

b. What impact, if any, do you think the growing use of the Internet will have on the price of computers?

Question (5): (In your response, be sure to draw a supply/demand graph with clearly labeled axis and curves. Be as specific as possible)

Consider the market for two goods that are substitutes, such as pens and pencils. If a technological breakthrough reduced the cost of producing pens:

a. What would happen to the supply of pens?

b. What would happen to the price of pens and the quantity exchanged?

c. What effect would this change in the price of pens have on the market for pencils?

Question (6): (In your response, be sure to draw a supply/demand graph with clearly labeled axis and curves. Be as specific as possible)

“The price elasticity of demand and the price elasticity of supply for many primary commodities tend to be low”.

a. Explain, using diagrams, what is meant by this statement, and how this contributes to the problem of price instability for primary commodities and resources.

b. West Texas Intermediate crude oil price has declined from a high of more than $100 to about $50 a barrel. Using your analysis in Part (a) of this question explain what are the factors that are contributing to this sudden decline and increased volatility.

Question (7): (In your response, be sure to draw a supply/demand graph with clearly labeled axis and curves. Be as specific as possible)

Bun Master Bakery makes muffins and sells by the dozens. It has lowered its price from $5.00 to $4.00 for a box of muffins. As a result the number of muffin boxes sold increased from 200 boxes per day to 230 boxes per day. (Assume that no other factors besides the price have affected sales.)

(a) What is the price elasticity of muffins in the case? Calculate using Mid-Point formula.

(b) Is demand elastic or inelastic

Question (8) Explain why price elasticity of demand declines as we move downward along a straight line demand curve.

 

 

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Strategic Management

Strategic Management
There will be 5 topics which should be treated as 5 papers. Providing a conclusion and reference after each topic. Requirements are to use at minimum 10 peer reviewed journal articles per question. ALL peer reviewed journal articles are to be from the last 2-3 years. Assignment should have a total of at least 50 references. Format should be APA.
Grading criteria:1) the extent to which you define all relevant terminology, 2) the extensiveness of your literature review, and 3) how you relate the findings in the literature with your organization. (Southwest Airlines)

 

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Porter’s Five Forces on Disney

From the Porter’s Five Forces you need to do ONLY “Buyers Power” and “Supplier Power” for the new “Shanghai Disney Resort”. Hopefully you are familiar with the Porter’s Five Forces. For example some of the features you need to include for the “Buyers Power” section is What are the choices company has? Who are they doing business with? How big is the market? Have to size the market? How many people live in Asia, who would be the primary target audience and who will be the secondary target audience? etc etc.  do the Buyers Power and Suppliers Power for Disney Resort in Shanghai which is opening in December.

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Strategic Management

Read the CUTCO Corporation Case Study on pages 391-403 in your textbook, and answer the questions below in essay format. Your response should be a minimum of 500 words. You are required to use at least your textbook as source material. All sources used, including the textbook, must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying citations using APA format.

1. Explain what is direct selling?

2. How would one respectively characterize CUTCO Corporation and Vector Marketing Corporation?

3. How is CUTCO cutlery marketed? What marketing channels are being used?

4. Does Vector Marketing Corporation use a single marketing channel, dual distribution, or multi-channel marketing? Explain.

5. What are the possible sources of channel conflict?

6. What growth driver should serve as a strategic focus for CUTCO? Why?

7. What activity by Vector Marketing is being evaluated for channel modification? What decisions need to be considered, and do you think Vector Marketing should continue or discontinue the activity?

2 pages and the title to be CUTCO Corporation Case Study.at least 8 citations.Atleast 2 references (including the text). Please list the text as a reference.

course taext book

Kerin, R., & Peterson, R. (2010). Strategic marketing problems: Cases and comments (12th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.

 

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Leadership theory 3

Leadership theory 3
critical review of leadership aspects in the movies shown . 5 pages for each movie separately.
explain about movie as leadership and what you saw in the movie made wrong or right from what the leader has do or not do
1. the smartest Guys in the room – Eron case.
2. Hillsborough- the 1989 Hillsborough disaster
3. 13 Days- the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis
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Fema Risk Management

Fema Risk Management
Please write a 7 page essay based on the attached reference. the accompanying papers should be 5 to 10 pages long. Grading will focus on the thoroughness and clarity of information presented, (or is the audience left scratching its head wondering what was that all about?); the relationship of information to real world events, (it might work in the movies but how about where the rubber meets the road?); the presentation ability to achieve its intended goal (Was the audience “sold?”).
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Analysis of Anheuser Busch InBev Merger

The full report (approx 15 pages) consists of three parts, please cover the first half, that is from part 1a. to part 2d and focus on the AB InBev merger.

Part 1. Before the acquisition

a. What is the corporate strategy of the acquirer?

b. What is the corporate strategy of the target?

The answers to these questions will cover:

– What businesses are they active in?

– What’s the role of the corporate parent?

– What organizational linkages exist between business units, if any?

– In your opinion, does corporate advantage exist, i.e. is the sum worth more than the individual parts?

Part 2: During the acquisition

a. What are the potential synergies, if any?

b. What were the capital market’s estimates (i.e. based on share price movements) of total synergies and whether these were captured by the acquirer?

c.Suppose that you were a member of the acquirer’s Board of Directors, what questions would you have asked during the Board’s evaluation of the acquisition before voting for approval (or not)?

d. In your opinion, is this a good deal for the acquirer.

e. In your opinion, is this a good deal for the target?

f. Could this deal have been structured as a strategic alliance instead?

g. What other targets could the acquirer have considered if doing the deal today?

Part 3: After the Acquisition

a. Given the information available at the time of the acquisition, how would you have integrated the companies?

b. How did the companies plan to integrate (i.e. upon announcement)?

c. How did they actually integrate?

Write a brief introduction and then focus on answering the questions. You do not need to write a table of content, but please add a bibliography and add any annual reports, analyst’s coverage (e.g. Investext), Datamonitor printouts, or financial newspaper article in an appendix.