Part A: The Cost of Living
For this part, use the file WageXYZ.csv, where XYZ is the number that is assigned to you by the Quiz
on Learn. The file contains annual series of average nominal hourly wages for males and females in
a particular province and industry expressed in dollars per hour. The specific province and industry
for your dataset is described in the WageDescriptions.csv file. Look for the row associated by your
assigned number. The file also contains the annual series of the consumer price index base 100 = 2002
in that province (Statistics Canada, 2020).
1. Plot the evolution of the hourly nominal wage for males and females on the same chart. Interpret
what you see: what kind of trending behaviour, is there a difference between males and females
in terms of trends or fluctuations, etc.
2. Plot the evolution of hourly real wage in dollars of 2002 for males and females on the same
chart. Interpret what you see and compare this chart with the one you obtained in the previous
question. Which chart between this one and the one produced in the previous question provides
a better picture of the evolution of the standard of living of individuals working in that industry?
Explain.
3. Fit a linear trend to both real wage series and plot the two trends on the same graph. Interpret
what you see: is the wage gap changing on average? What is the annual change on average over
that period for males and females? Discuss (Hint: To answer the question, you can look at the
coefficient of time of the trend equations).
4. Detrend the real wage series using the linear trends computed in the previous question. Since
the series are annual, the detrended series are the cyclical components. Using a scatter plot,
analyze the comovement between the two cyclical components. Try to explain your results: e.g.
why there is a positive, negative or no comovement between the two variables?

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For this assignment, you will apply decision-making to the process of international human resource management as you determine which of the four final applicants to hire into a global executive position.

You are a member of the management committee of a MNE that conducts business in 23 countries. While your company’s headquarters is located in the Netherlands, your regional offices are located fairly evenly throughout the four hemispheres. Primary markets have been in the European Union and North America; the strongest emerging market is the Pacific Rim. Company executives would like to develop what they see as a powerful potential market in the Middle East. Sales in all areas except the Pacific Rim have shown slow growth over the past two years.

At present, your company is seeking to restructure and revitalize its worldwide marketing efforts. To accomplish this, you have determined that you need to hire a key marketing person to introduce fresh ideas and a new perspective. There is no one currently in your company who is qualified to do this, and so you have decided to look outside.

The job title is “Vice President for Global Marketing”; an annual salary of $250,000-$300,000, plus elaborate benefits, an unlimited expense account, a car, and the use of the corporate jet. The person you hire will be based at the company’s headquarters in the Netherlands and will travel frequently.

A lengthy search has turned up four people with good potential. It is now up to you to decide whom to hire. Although all the applicants have expressed a sincere interest in the position, it is possible that they may change their minds once the job is offered. Therefore, you must rank them in order of preference so that if your first choice declines the position, you can go on to the second, and so on.

First, read the biographies of each applicant. As you are doing this, rank each of them from 1 to 4, with 1 being your first choice, and explain your reasons for their ranking.

For your essay this week, respond to the following questions using the decisions you have made with your rankings.

1. The first section of your paper should be an overview of your rankings and reasons for your decisions.

2. Did your decision include any culturally based biases you may have—for example, feelings, personality traits, or politics in your rankings?

3. Did you make any observations that you feel would have been fully acceptable in your own culture, but were not accepted in other cultures? If so, explain.

4. What implications do you believe any of the applicant’s cultural differences would have in business dealings? In what countries or cultures?

5. What expatriate adjustments for the candidate need to be considered? How will the company handle these?

6. Explain the decision-making process you used to make your decisions.

Managing the multi-business corporation to meet high performance expectations is problematic. Publicly traded companies are pressured to return favorable quarterly results and as corporations grow larger and more complex, it becomes harder to manage such corporations effectively. General Electric (GE) was once one of the most admired corporations in the world. Today, GE is facing a much-reduced outlook. For this week’s assignment, read the case study found in your textbook (Case 20): Restructuring General Electric.

Remember, a case study is a puzzle to be solved, so before reading and answering the specific case and study questions, develop your proposed solution by following these five steps:

1. Read the case study to identify the key issues and underlying issues. These issues are the principles and concepts of the course area which apply to the situation described in the case study.

2. Record the facts from the case study which are relevant to the principles and concepts of the course area issues. The case may have extraneous information not relevant to the current course area. Your ability to differentiate between relevant and irrelevant information is an important aspect of case analysis, as it will inform the focus of your answers.

3. Describe in some detail the actions that would address or correct the situation.

4. Consider how you would support your solution with examples from experience or current real-life examples or cases from textbooks.

5. Complete this initial analysis and then read the discussion questions. Typically, you will already have the answers to the questions but with a broader consideration. At this point, you can add the details and/or analytical tools required to solve the case.

Case Study Questions:

1. Why was GE considered to be such an exemplary organization? (Discuss GE’s management systems and performance.)

2. Discuss the nature of GE’s corporate portfolio under Welch and Imelt. Did the nature of GE’s portfolio under Welch and Imelt provide superior results?

3. If GE’s portfolio mix gave superior results, why was it necessary to restructure the portfolio?

4. Why is GE’s performance no longer superior? What are the reasons for the collapse in GE’s financial performance during 2016-2018?

5. What should be done to return GE to higher levels of performance? Does GE need to refocus? Which businesses or products would you recommend abandoning or divesting, if any? Does GE need to make additional acquisitions to supplement existing GE assets?

x2 – Introduction to Polynomials and Polynomial Functions

x2 – Multiplication of Polynomials

x1- Greatest Common Factors and Factoring by grouping

x2- Factoring Trinomials

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LO 6: The capacity to write coherent project about a case study or an actual research about ethics.

Experience from 2020 Pandemic

Almost all the individuals were experiencing a different circumstance during the past ten months. Think about a situation during these days where your values have conflicted. Identify and explain at least two values eg. Truth vs Loyalty. How have you resolved those conflicts, and what were the consequences (harms and benefits) of the decision? Now that your professor has explained about the ethical decision-making frameworks, what should you have done?

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Many people come to the United States from other cultures and find it necessary to blend their culture with dominant cultural traits in the U.S. through acculturation. Acculturation is the process of adopting aspects of and integrating into another culture while maintaining aspects of one’s original culture. Some come here to escape their home cultural traditions for various reasons and find it necessary to adopt the dominant U.S. cultural traits as a replacement. This is known as assimilation. Some clients come to counseling because they are having difficulties adjusting to living within a new culture. What is the role of the counselor here? Should the counselor help the client move towards acculturation or towards assimilation? Why? Are there other options besides assimilation or acculturation? Support your answer with information from scholarly sources such as peer reviewed journal articles.

Preparation:
Skim through Chapter 15 in your text to get an overview of what a business plan
contains.
You should have been working on sections of your plan as these topics were covered in
your class and practiced in your lab sessions. Follow the Worksheets for specific details
of each section and refer back to the relevant chapters in your text for additional
information.
Your text has provided chapters 4 through 17 for all the business plan components. There
are worksheets and samples of each component in your text. Do not attempt to do your
financial forecasts (particularly your cash flow forecasts) manually. It’s too onerous to
revise as you make changes to your forecast scenarios. The computer based spreadsheets
are designed to make your life easier. Use them!

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This paper has 4 parts (are all very important)

1. Conceptional= how do you see your brain.

2. Choose a slam, spoken words, lyrics for a song, movie, or show. At least 2-3 lines. First, see the slam. If you don’t like any, then you can choose from the options.

3. Access a memory- that song which memory does it remind you of.

4. Research point

Authentic Leadership is founded on principles such as genuiness, openness, and transparency. However, biased political media often colors or influences the ways in which certain viewers perceive a leader. In this discussion post, generate ideas or solutions that might help bridge the gap between “perceiving” someone as being authentic and the leader truly being authentic. (300 words)

Write the structure of D-sedoheptulose (7 carbon ketose) in Fischer projection. C-3, C-4, C-5 and C-6 all have their alcohols on the right. Tag the groups that will be reacting in the hemiketal reaction. ( you will complete an intramolecular hemiketal reaction between the C-2 ketone and C-5 alcohol). Complete the intramolecular hemiketal reaction so you end up with the ring structure of α-D-sedoheptulose and β-D-sedoheptulose. Tag the relevant oxygens and hydrogens that participated in the reaction.