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    Individual versus Group Decision-Making Processes

    Ordering off a menu is a very different process if you are ordering your own meal or if you are working on a group order that will be split amongst a number of people. If you are alone, you can use one set of criteria: What do you like? What are you hungry for? What have you had at this restaurant in the past that was good? If y

    Financial Ratios and a Company's Performance

    If you owned your own company or were a leader of a business, what three financial ratios would you consider are the most important in evaluating your organization's performance and why?

    Business Leaders and Leadership Style

    1. What are the various styles of leadership likely to be exhibited by individual leaders in organizations? How can two or more leadership styles impact the organization negatively or positively? Provide examples. 2. Women presently make up a small percentage of chief executive officers of Fortune 500 companies. What challeng

    Creativity and Ambiguity

    One of the classic debates in physics revolves around the strange behaviour of light. In some experiments, it acts like a wave. In other experiments, it acts like a particle. One approach to this problem is to 'solve' it—to determine once and for all which it is. If the experimental evidence of the past hundred years is any gu

    First impressions

    Folk wisdom sometimes balances one statement with another. For instance, it is said 'You never get a second chance to make a first impression'. However, you are also told, 'Don't judge a book by its cover'. These two proverbs appear to be opposed to one another. Does this mean that one of them is wrong? Think about how we apply

    Brain, Neurotransmitters and Depression

    What regions of the brain and neurotransmitters are associated with the symptoms of depression? What regions are activated by stress? How are the stress response and depression related?

    Developing Surveys and the Veteran's Health Administration

    1. Can you suggest at least 10-question survey that could be used to evaluate how the Veteran's Health Administration can curtail delays in veterans receiving medical appointments? 2. Also can you explain why this survey would elicit the most effective results for evaluating the VA's problem? References would be appreciated t

    Interactive E-marketing Benchmarks

    Part One At the second meeting of the e-marketing team initiative, President Learner has selected you to formulate interactive marketing benchmarks, such as Web site features, online services, electronic data gathering, and software applications that permit personalized digital experiences. President Learner is especially int

    A Contemporary Model of Personality

    Discuss a current personality model and its components and describe your own personality in relation to this model. What does the most current research indicate about ways to custom-manage different employees, keeping in mind individual differences? Please provide an anecdote from your own experience to illustrate your points co

    The Role of the Finance Manager

    (1) What do you consider to be the main role of the financial manager within a corporate organizational structure? (2) How does the financial manager capture the financial performance of the organization and relate that information to improving profitability?

    The brain and stress

    Throughout life, the connections between neurons in the brain develop and change according to the genetic foundations that the individual inherits from the parents, and the environmental influences to which the individual must respond. For example, the abundance of one type of neuron over another, and the neurotransmitter that e

    Scholarly Literature Review Resources

    1. Can you identify 10-12 scholarly resources for the following topic: How Did the Elimination of Pre-existing Conditions as Criteria for Non-coverage Effect the Public? Provide a rationale for using each resource, including why it is relevant and how it will help in answering this question. 2. How would you write a literature

    Analyzing articles with theoretical frameworks

    Can you provide three studies (with references) to specific theoretical frameworks. (2) . For each resource, would you provide a brief summary of the study and how the theoretical framework supports the study (3) How is it relevant to the elimination of pre-existing conditions as criteria for non-coverage effecting the public a

    Marginal analysis, sunk cost, choice

    1) What determines whether a resource is scarce? Why is the concept of scarcity important to the definition of economics? 2) (Marginal analysis) The owner of a pizzeria is deciding whether to increase the radius of the delivery area by one mile. What considerations must be taken into account if such a decision is to increase

    Managers and quality management objectives

    Review Course Objectives: Apply critical thinking skills to analyze business situations. Discuss the opportunities provided by technology for businesses. Recognize situations that present potential ethical and legal issues, and develop solutions for those issues. Appropriately use effective communication techniques. Constr

    Foreign exchange exposure and international financial markets

    Objectives: Summarize different types of foreign exchange exposure faced by the MNC. Provide identification and measurement of these risks. Explain the structure of international financial markets and institutions and the range of instruments traded therein. Describe the forces of globalization and its implications for the m

    Feets supply chain

    In memo form, please make recommendations regarding metrics for Feets. This memo should include what metrics to use, how to use the metrics, and any implementation considerations. The SCOR Level 2 metrics should give you a good starting point for choosing the metrics. Using SCOR Level 1, discuss and recommend a set of metrics

    Differences Between Sears and Target

    Please help selecting a company or organization that has successfully met the challenges of today's economic issues and compare it to one that has not. Analyze the differences in approaches by management, leaders, and other shareholders involved. Develop recommendations for the company or organization that is having diffic

    Obamacare: Pre-Existing Conditions

    What is the rationale on how did the elimination of pre- existing conditions as criteria for non-coverage effect the public. Also why is this question relevant to public administration, public policy or nonprofit management. Please provide scholarly references to review please. Thanking you in advance.

    Quasi Experimental Use for VA Issues

    Why would quasi-experimental be a good evaluation design for the Veterans Health Administration that's having scandalous issues with veterans receiving medical appointments. Could you provide the validity and reliability for this evaluation design. Would you provide scholarly sources to review?

    21st-Century Challenges to Strategic Management

    There are numerous challenges in strategic management, including whether the process is more an art or a science, whether strategies should be transparent to stakeholders, or whether the process should be top down or bottom up. Found article that discusses a 21st century challenge for strategic management. Explain the challenge

    Exchange Rate Adjustments

    Understand the power of economics in a global context, evaluate the impact of exchange rate adjustments and their effects on the balance of payments. Select a current exchange rate practice and explain the economic factors that influence that practice. Please provide references to support your efforts.

    Time Management Techniques

    Most of us find it hard to manage our time effectively which leads to missed deadlines, tight schedules and stress. If we learn how to manage our time, many of these problems will go away. Discuss some simple techniques on how to use your time in an efficient and effective manner.

    Salary Trends: Compensation Practices

    Visit the Web site www.salary.com. Click on "salary trends" and then prepare a brief report on the latest developments in compensation practice. Answer with 500 words or more.

    Power and Politics: Same or Different?

    What differences/similarities exist between power and politics? Are power and politics always associated with each other or are they mutually exclusive? What ethical issues are associated with the use and abuse of organizational power and politics?

    Forecasting by moving average methods

    The following gives the number of pints of type B Blood used at Woodlawn Hospital in the past 6 weeks: WEEK OF PINTS USED August 31 360 September 7 389 September 14 410 September 21 381 September 28 368 October 5 374 a) Forecast the demand

    Article Review on Collaboration Game

    See the attached files. PART I: Introduction Start your critique with sentences giving the following information: ï‚· Author's name ï‚· Book/Article title and source ï‚· Author's thesis statement PART II: Summary ï‚· Summarize the author's purpose and main points/evidence cited that are used for back up. ï‚· Does the a