Watch the following video:https://youtu.be/sUrV6oZ3zsk Measuring Personality: Crash Course

Respond to each of the following the essay.

1. Both the video and the chapter discuss trait theory. The most influential trait theory is the Five Factor Model (The Big 5). Discuss 2 examples of how you or a person you know well express a trait from the Five Factor Model (The Big 5). Each example must discuss a different trait.
2. Both the video and chapter discuss the social cognitive perspective. Discuss an example of how reciprocal determinism applies to your life or the life of someone you know well.
3. The video discusses the concept of personal control. The chapter discusses the same concept as part of Rotter’s Locus of Control. Describe an example of the internal locus control that applies to you or someone in your life. Describe an example of the external locus of control that applies to you or someone in your life.
4. The video and the chapter discuss how personality is measured. Discuss which measure of personality: projective tests, self-report inventories would be best at describing your personality and explain why.

iscuss all aspects of innate and adaptive immunity that would be involved in a HIV infection. You will also provide examples of common fungal and parasitic opportunistic infections that affect AIDS patients.

1. What type of microbe is HIV and how does it infect cells?

1. Describe the innate immune system barriers that HIV would need to overcome. Provide specific examples of the components of the innate immune system and their roles.

1. Describe the adaptive immune response to HIV. Discuss the components of the adaptive immune response, including the roles of macrophages, antigen, antibody, and B and T-cells.

1. Compare a specific fungal infection between a non-immunocompromised and an immunocompromised person with special reference to AIDS patients. Why are AIDS patients vulnerable to opportunistic infections?

1. Compare a specific parasitic infection between a non-immunocompromised and immunocompromised person with special reference to AIDS patients.

Discuss the following topics about performing in a multifunctional team:

• What is the purpose of multifunctional teams in business decision making?
• How should decisions be made to obtain the benefits of multifunctional teams?
• What can simulations do that case studies cannot?
• Why are simulations used so widely in so many professions

Directions: Watch the film, “The Civil War: Causes” and answer the following questions as thoroughly as
possible. Answer in complete sentences. Your responses will be handed in and graded.
1) How many Americans fought in the Civil War? How many died?
620,000 Americans fought in the Civil War out of which 360,222 Union soldiers dies and 258,000
Confederate deaths.
2) What were slave conditions like before the Civil War?
They were not free, they had no rights and were owned by plantation owners. They were treated
like animals and tortured both physically and mentally.
3) Why did the cotton gin help spread slavery?
The cotton gin reduced the labor to removing seeds, but it did not reduce the need of enslaved
labor to grow and pick the cotton. In fact, cotton growing became so profitable for slave owners that is
increased the demand for slaves and land.
4) How many slaves were there in 1860?
There were 3,952,838 slaves in 1860
5) What were the demands of the abolitionists?
To abolish slavery and free the slaves.
6) Why did violence erupt in Kansas in the 1850s?
Antislavery groups in the northeast set up so-called emigrant aid societies to send 1,200 New
Englanders to fights Kansas against Slavery.
7) What were the effects of John Brown’s raid on the North? What were the effects on the South?
It increased tensions between the north and the south. In 1859, three years after his raid at
Pottawatomie Creek in Kansas John attacked the federal arsenal.
8) What was Lincoln’s platform in the 1860 election?
He was a Republican
9) What was the last straw leading the South to secede? Who seceded first?
Abraham Lincoln’s election in November 1860 was the final straw, and within three months
seven southern states-had seceded from the America
10) What was the Confederate Constitution like?
It also includes a nonrenewable six-year term for the president and a line-item veto. It explicitly
supports slavey and reasserts the principle of state’s rights that had dominated under the Article of
Confederation.
11) What was Lincoln’s message at his inauguration?
It addressed focussed on reassuring the southern states that the president would not try to strip
them of their slaves and that he would try to find a way to help them secure slavery if it would make
them happy.
12) When and where did the Civil War begin?
April 12, 1861 Confederate troops fired on Fort Sumter in South Carolina’s Charleston Harbor.
The Union forces surrendered within 34 hours.
13) What was the condition of the U.S. military at the start of the Civil War?
Their daily lives were full of hardships; hunger, bad weather, and poor clothing
14) What advantages did the North have in the Civil War?
They had geographic advantage. The north controlled the seas and its 21,000 miles of railroad
track allowed the troops and supplies to be transported wherever they were needed.
15) What did Lincoln do during the Civil War that was technically illegal? What was his policy on
slavery at the beginning of the war? How did this policy change?
Lincoln suspended Habeas Corpus. Lincoln was not against slavery at the beginning of the war,
but after the South repeatedly ignored his attempts at peace and started beating the Union, Lincoln
wrote the Emancipation Proclamation.
16) What were the effects of the Battle of Manassas?
The First Battle of Manassas destroyed Lincoln’s preconceived notion that the war would be over
quickly and led to the appointing of George McClellan in the war as well as teaching the Generals how
war can be more effectively conducted.
17) What were George McClellan’s strengths as a general? What were his weaknesses?
McClellan was good at rallying troops and raising morale. However, he was very indecisive and
passive.
18) How would you summarize the first year of the war?
Very bad for both sides, but worse for the Union

• Describe an ethical conundrum found in a magazine or newspaper article, and your own thoughts.
  • Give good citations, of course
  • Respond to 2 posts.

  First post to respond to:

• For this week’s discussion, I read the article Cambridge Analytica and Facebook: The Scandal and the Fallout So Far. The article goes over how personal data was stolen from millions of users on Facebook by a consulting company called Cambridge Analytica. Their data was used to for political campaigns to give candidates votes from information that was mined from Facebook to increase their chances of winning. A former employee at Cambridge Analytica came forth and told the New York Times what was going on which brought light to what was going on. An ethical conundrum is when a problem occurs which causes one to make a decision based on their personal values. It’s basically asking someone to make a decision based on personal beliefs. The former employee has to make a decision based on keeping his job while doing something shady or revealing the truth. In the end he told the world what was happening which was in his and the everyone else’s eyes, the correct decision.Reference:Kang, C., & Frenkel, S. (2018, April 4). Facebook says Cambridge Analytica harvested data of up to 87 million users. The New York Times. Retrieved November 30, 2022, from https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/04/technology/mark-zuckerberg-testify-congress.htmlCambridge Analytica and Facebook: The scandal and the fallout so far … (n.d.). Retrieved November 30, 2022, from https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/04/us/politics/cambridge-analytica-scandal-fallout.html

. Think of the time you first joined an employer. In what ways did the company and your coworkers socialize you? What could have been done to enhance your socialization experience?

2. How do you think technology can be used best to socialize new employees and get them productive as quickly as possible? When would using technology not be a good way to socialize employees?

3. What are the factors that would make you most likely to quit your current job (assuming you are currently working)? What could your organization do to retain you?

4. What downsizing targeting methods do you feel are the most effective? Which are the least effective, and why?

5. If you had to discharge an employee who you thought had the potential for violence, what would you do?

6. What socialization methods would you most enjoy? Which would you least enjoy? Why?

7. How would you feel if your socialization to a new employer occurred entirely online and through social media? Would this be effective? Why or why not?

With all the agitation of extremists since 1945, why is there no extremist “political” party yet, such as far-right political parties found in some European nations? What are the two common themes found in almost all militia movements which serves as a unifying element?

is the right to travel a fundamental right inherent to citizens, which cannot be abridged? Is this idea, well established in our history as Americans? Discuss the various new screening systems that may have civil liberties advocates concerned for various reasons including for mistaken identities or for the treatment of every individual as a “possible terrorist”. Do the nation’s new airport and screening security measures have to push aside basic civil freedoms in order to safeguard the nation from the use of planes or other forms of transportation in future terrorist attacks? What about the nation’s other forms of travel…?

• Choose an innovative company
• Analyze its industry and its trends (history and future prediction)
• Analyze your choice of company’s product models, trends, and business strategies
• Based on those, propose new product design concepts in terms of product functions and features (This will be your fictitious product)
• Develop a high-level marketing plan for that fictitious product with the following items (you must discuss these in your submission):
• • Marketing objectives
  • Target customer segments
  • Product offering descriptions with positioning map
  • Conduct marketing research using existing materials and information from the web and other sources in terms of customers, their needs, preference, market potential for maximum sales, sales forecast, etc.
  • Marketing mix (specifically)
  • In completing your marketing plan, do some quantitative and qualitative analysis (e.g., a specific price or cost)using web and diverse sources of information.
  • Output: A professional presentation.

You must submit the PPT slides with audio-recording inserted. Each student mu

Instructions:

• ACC 202 Assignment/Case study has three sections.
• Section 1 is a Harvard Publishing case study which can be downloaded and purchased from the link provided.
• Please review the instructions in detail, the case study will be discussed in class and detailed instructions are attached with the case study as to how to complete it.
• This is a simple management accounting case in which we look at a real-life scenario and try to develop and improve the accounting information to improve the business.
• Sections 2 and 4 are calculative most of the materials are covered in Chapters 2, 3 and 4 to solve the questions. You will need to understand the question properly in order to calculate the value correctly. Please consult the book provided for more information.
• Section 3 is theory-based. Do some revision on the Theory of constraints to answer the question. This is from Chapter 4.
• Any questions please let me know

Section 1 (10 marks)

Please download the Harvard case study from the following link by paying the account $4.25. Please review it carefully and try to answer the questions in the end. We will discuss the case study in class and try to learn how to solve it.

https://hbsp.harvard.edu/import/983137

From the case study please solve the following questions:

Question 1: Prepare Victor’s preseason balance sheet. (3.33 marks)

Question 2: Prepare Victor’s post-season Income statement (3.33 marks)

Question 3:  Prepare Victor’s post-season balance sheet. (3.33 marks)

Section 2 (5 marks)

Theory of Constraints

For this case study please read carefully the information provided about the company in the paragraph about a business expansion project. Identify all the possible “constraints” the company is facing in this particular case and classify them according to their type. Any cost that the company needs to pay to remove the constraint will be an additional cost. They will need to plan with the budget so that they can achieve their target. For example, if a constraint involves problems with raw material/inventory it will be a physical constraint, if a constraint involves policy from the government, it will be a policy constraint and vice versa. In the given table write each constraint and put an X under the correct type of constraint.

Salad Express is a healthy eating business and is very popular in Italy. Salad Express is looking forward to expanding its business in Tunisia and opening a manufacturing plant there. There will be some issues in business expansion in a new country. They are looking forward to some challenges, for example, cultural are religious challenges, given Tunisia has both Muslim and non-Muslim customers. The company will need to make some amendments to its inventory, especially around non-halal raw materials or additives. Also, the company is looking for information on halal certification as it will be an additional cost. It appears the company might find some challenges in the market when it will start its business. Another issue is the policy of the government which enforces all international firms operating in the county to get compulsory halal certification.

During the planning meeting, the CEO was provided with some early information on the kind of equipment that is available for processing. It was learned that a new processing plant will also need to be installed due to the absence of a similar facility available there. The new plant will need more manpower and there will be an additional cost to train labour. The CEO suggested employing Mr Smith, the HD Director to train the staff ahead before the commencement of the plant.  Mr Smith has enjoyed special treatment from the boss even though he is not punctual and has missed some deadlines in the last year. The company also sees problems ahead with staff training. Mr Smith does not have previous experience in teaching/training staff from different cultural backgrounds. The Project Manager has suggested hiring a local trainer who is familiar with the local language and culture of labour but the CFO has not considered this suggestion. Also, it is expected in the Tunisian market a typical market issue is the availability of affordable transport and storage facility. There have been some protests from the local labour over the petrol prices and every day the market needs to adjust to the new conditions.

Your job is to identify all the constraints from the given paragraph. Make a list of these in the first column of the table below, and add X to the kind of constraint.

For example, the first constraint, new equipment needed has been done for you. Also, in the last column add any suggestions that you might have to help with the constraint or to remove it completely.

Section 3 (5 marks)

Variance Analysis

Paulson’s Piano Service, Inc. is trying to establish the standard labor cost of tuning a typical piano.  The following data have been collected from time and motion studies conducted over the past three months.

Labor hours tuning:

Actual time spent on tuning a piano   1.25 hours

Setup and downtime                           5% of actual labor hour

Travel and rest periods                        15% of actual labor hour

Labor hour wage:

Hourly wage rate                                $50

Fringe benefits                                    20% of wage rate

Payroll taxes                                        12% of wage rate

Instructions

(a)        Determine the standard direct labor hour per each piano that is tuned.

(b)        Determine the standard direct labor hourly rate.

(c)        Determine the standard direct labor cost per each piano that is tuned.

(d)       If it took 1.65 hours to tune a piano at the standard hourly rate, what was the direct labor quantity variance?

(e)        During the month of May, Paulson’s Piano service tuned 80 pianos.  The average time spent on each piano was 1.75 hours.  The average cost per hour was $62.25 per hour.  Paulson’s had to hire some less experienced part-time help in order to handle the demand.

(1)        Calculate the direct labor price variance.

(2)        Calculate the direct labor quantity variance.

(3)        Calculate the total direct labor variance.

(4)        Explai