Tuesday, 16 January 2018

Have you ever been in a leadership role where you did not have the confidence of those you led? What did you do about it?

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This passage of scripture puts us on the scene where, Jesus after having prayed on the mountainside appoints his twelve disciples that would be the foundation of his church.

I am interested in this passage because the title of topic 4 is Leading Others as a Servant Leader. Jesus led these men in some unfavorable times, influenced by external and internal factors. I am purely speculating here, but I would imagine that there were times when the twelve disciples were difficult to lead. Or perhaps, there must have been occasions when the twelve disciples didn’t believe in him. Sound familiar?

Please pick one:
1. Have you ever been in a leadership role and your team members were difficult to lead (i.e. tried to undermine your authority, closedminded, self-centered)? What did you do about it? Cite some examples that relate to servant leadership principles that Jesus used?

2. Have you ever been in a leadership role where you did not have the confidence of those you led? What did you do about it? Cite some examples that relate to servant leadership principles that Jesus used?


Find the value of x such that P(t 10 > x) = 0.75, where t 10 has a t distribution with 10 degrees of freedom

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distribution with 100 degrees of
freedom. How do you explain the difference between this result and the result obtained in part a?
c. Find the value of z such that P(Z > z) = 0.75, where Z is a standard normal random variable. Compare this
result to the results obtained in parts a and b. How do you explain the differences in the values of x, y, and
z?
6. The file P08_06.xlsx contains data on repetitive task times for each of two workers. John has been
doing this task for months, whereas Fred has just started. Each time listed is the time (in seconds) to
perform a routine task on an assembly line. The times shown are in chronological order.
a. Calculate a 95% confidence interval for the mean time it takes John to perform the task. Do the same for
Fred.
7. The manager of a local fast-food restaurant is interested in improving the service provided to
customers who use the restaurant’s drive-up window. As a first step in this process, the manager asks an
assistant to record the time (in seconds) it takes to serve a large number of customers at the final
window in the facility’s drive-up system. The file P08_07.xlsx contains a random sample of 200 service
times during the busiest hour of the day.
b) Calculate and interpret a 95% confidence interval for the mean service time of all customers arriving
during the busiest hour of the day at this fast-food operation.
15. A drugstore manager needs to purchase adequate supplies of various brands of toothpaste to meet
the ongoing demands of its customers. In particular, the company is interested in estimating the
proportion of its customers who favor the country’s leading brand of toothpaste, Crest. The Data sheet
of the file P08_15 .xlsx contains the toothpaste brand preferences of 200 randomly selected customers,
obtained recently through a customer survey. Calculate a 95% confidence interval for the proportion of
all of the company’s customers who prefer Crest toothpaste. How might the manager use this
confidence interval for purchasing decisions?
17. The employee benefits manager of a large public university would like to estimate the proportion of
full-time employees who prefer adopting the first (plan A) of three available health care plans in the next annual enrollment period. A random sample of the university’s employees and their tentative health
care preferences are given in the file P08_17.xlsx.
a. Calculate a 90% confidence interval for the proportion of all the university’s employees who favor plan A.
32. Elected officials in a California city are preparing the annual budget for their community. They would
like to estimate how much their constituents living in this city are typically paying each year in real
estate taxes. Given that there are over 100,000 homeowners in this city, the officials have decided to
sample a representative subset of taxpayers and study their tax payments.
a. What sample size is required to generate a 95% confidence interval for the mean annual real estate tax
payment with a half-length of $100? Assume that the best estimate of the population standard deviation σ
is $535.
c. Now suppose that the officials want to construct a 95% confidence interval with a half-length of $75.
What sample size is required to achieve this objective?
34. You are trying to estimate the average amount a family spends on food during a year. In the past the
standard deviation of the amount a family has spent on food during a year has been approximately
$1000. If you want to be 99% sure that you have estimated average family food expenditures within $50,
how many families do you need to survey?
24. A real estate agent has collected a random sample of 75 houses that were recently sold in a suburban
community. She is particularly interested in comparing the appraised value and recent selling price of
the houses in this particular market. The data are provided in the file P08_24.xlsx. Using this sample
data, calculate a 95% confidence interval for the mean difference between the appraised values and
selling prices of the houses sold in this suburban community. Interpret the confidence interval for the
real estate agent.
Include your interpretation in blank cell under the calculations and output.

Find the price now of an annuity which pays $3,000 at the end of every year for ten years, but which is deferred for two years, if the interest rate is 4.4% compounded every quarter

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Assignment 11 Functions & Annuities
To be handed in by 2pm, Monday 5th of June
Examples:
A. Construct an amortisation schedule for a loan of $900 which is to be repaid
in three equal quarterly payments beginning in 3 months time, at an interest
rate of 6% p.a. compounded monthly.
B. Find the interest rate i p.a. which will enable a perpetuity which is purchased
for $3000 to pay $330 at the end of each year (forever).
Questions:
1. The winner of a lottery is given three choices for the the payments:
(a) $900,000 now;
(b) Payments of $100,000 per year for the next twelve years, starting now;
(c) Payments of $101,000 per year for twelve years, beginning in one years’
time.
Determine which is the better option if the interest rate is 5% per annum.
2. How much money is needed to establish a scholarship fund paying $60,000
annually (forever) if the fund will earn interest at 6% p.a. and if the first payment is made after one year?
3. For the interest rate of 5% p.a. paid semi-annually (every 6 months), find
the equivalent rate i per annum paid:
(a) annually;
(b) quarterly (every 3 months);
(c) monthly;
(d) weekly;
(e) continuously.
4. Consider a loan of $100,000 which is to be repaid in 15 years with equal
monthly repayments, beginning one month after the loan is taken out. The
interest rate for the duration of the loan is 6% p.a. compounded monthly.
(a) Calculate the monthly repayment amount.
(b) Use Excel to draw up the loan repayment schedule. Do not print this
out.
(c) Use the schedule to find the interest component of the 60th payment
and the balance after the 120th payment.
(d) Find the total payments made and the total interest payments. 5. Consider the loan in Question 4, but suppose instead that the monthly
payments are only interest repayments on the (full amount of) the loan but
that there is one final repayment in 15 years time of $100,000. Find the
present value of both the principal repayment and the interest payments
and verify they sum to $100,000.
6. Find the price now of an annuity which pays $3,000 at the end of every year
for ten years, but which is deferred for two years, if the interest rate is 4.4%
compounded every quarter.


Find a member of your group. What are their beliefs? Values? Is the information you uncover in your discussion consistent with the research profiles?

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Written Assignment - Consumer GroupsWritten Assignment Instructions
You've read a lot about customers, demographics, preferences, buyer behavior and more. And when you are selling a product or service this is key. In this assignment you will research a consumer group. Popular titles for consumer groups include: Generation X, Generation Y, Baby Boomers, Senior Citizens, Tweens, Kids, etc. Use research become an expert on one consumer group's demographics, psychographics, preferences, beliefs and buying patterns. Interview a member of this core group to reinforce what you've learned. Then choose a product or campaign you feel has met this group's needs and tell why.
Assignment Structure:
1.    Choose a Consumer Group: Use research to examine the following: How is this group defined? Who are they? What are their demographics? Psychographics? Values? Attitudes? Beliefs? What are their buying patterns? What brands to they identify with?
2.    Interview: Find a member of your group. What are their beliefs? Values? Is the information you uncover in your discussion consistent with the research profiles?
3.    Note: In a real-world application, this exercise would involve extensive interviews, focus groups, surveys -- other broad based research applications for this assessment. This interview is for for directional feedback for this assignment only.
4.    Strategic Application: Is there a marketer who captured the ideals and lifestyle of your chosen consumer group through a campaign or communication vehicle? Use examples discuss how the marketer understood this group. In your opinion, did the messaging make a true connection with the audience? Why or why not?
In exploring consumer groups, be sure to cite research references (and use information from the text) to support your position. Use APA format for your sources. Paper should be approximately five pages in length.
Evaluation Criteria:
·         Have you provided a clear description of a consumer group?
·         Did you interview a member of this group?
·         Have you applied your understanding of the group and connected it with a product or campaign that relates to it?


FIN 405 Indicate the type of debt did Disney offers to the public for sale and discuss the various approaches Disney incorporated to ensure successful marketability of these securities

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Students are to go to the Thomson One site and find the prospectus filed on December 19, 2008, by Walt Disney Company (ticker symbol, DIS). This prospectus can be accessed under the filings table and look for PROSP under filling type. Read the prospectus in preparation for completing this assignment. 
You are to write a three to six (3-6) page report that answers the following:
1.    Indicate the type of debt did Disney offers to the public for sale and discuss the various approaches Disney incorporated to ensure successful marketability of these securities.
2.    List the dollar amount of debt Disney proposed to sell to the public. Indicate whether this amount has increased or decreased from 2008 to 2010. Discuss some potential causes of this increase or decrease.
3.    Determine the percentage of the sales price Disney nets after discounts and commissions. Indicate whether this amount as decreased or increased from 2008 to 2010. Discuss some potential causes of this increase or decrease.
4.    Indicate what Disney stated they would use the proceeds for from the sale of securities. Discuss whether or not Disney was able to use those funds for the reasons stated in the prospectus. If not should Disney be held accountable by their investors? Why or Why not?
The format of the report is to be as follows:
·         Typed, double spaced, Times New Roman font (size 12), one inch margins on all sides, APA format.
·         Use headers for each of the subjects being covered, followed by your response.
·         In addition to the three to six (3-6) pages required, a title page is to be included. The title page is to contain the title of the assignment, your name, the instructor’s name, the course title, and the date.


FIN 311 Calculate the dollar net profit. Round the answers to the nearest dollar

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Calculating profits on margined and unmargined investments

Claire Gerber wants to buy 100 shares of Google, which is selling in the market for $549.99 a share. Rather than liquidate all her savings, she decides to borrow through her broker at 5 percent a year. Assume that the margin requirement on common stock is 50 percent. If the stock rises to $615 a share over the next year, calculate the dollar profit and percentage return that Claire would earn if she makes the investment with 50 percent margin. Contrast these figures to what she'd make if she uses no margin.

1.Calculate the dollar net profit. Round the answers to the nearest dollar.

Without Margin? With 50% Margin?

2.Calculate the return on investment. Round the answers to two decimal places.

Without Margin? With 50% Margin?


Explain the following list of components:Hard drive RAM (random access memory) ROM (read-only memory) CMOS (complementary metal-oxide semiconductor)...

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As the lead Systems Administrator, you are responsible for training the information technology (IT) staff. You can use the information you collected from the Phase 2 DB to create a slide presentation for an introductory class you want to teach on the components of the personal computer (PC). This presentation will be a reference tool that your staff can use while troubleshooting.
Create a comprehensive slideshow according to the following directions:
·         Explain the following list of components:Hard drive
·         RAM (random access memory)
·         ROM (read-only memory)
·         CMOS (complementary metal-oxide semiconductor)
·         Video card
·         Network card
·         Processor (CPU)
·         CD-ROM
·         Cache
·         Motherboard
·         Include a title page and a reference slide.
·         Include images.
·         Prepare separate slides for each component with narrative in the speaker notes.