Archive for March 27th, 2022

managerial accounting

For this assignment, develop a 4 to 6 page response containing written narrative, figures, and charts. Milano Co. manufactures and sells three products: product 1, product 2, and product 3. Their unit selling prices are product 1, $40; product 2, $30; and product 3, $20. The per unit variable costs to manufacture and sell these products are product 1, $30; product 2, $15; and product 3, $8. Their sales mix is reflected in a ratio of 6:4:2. Annual fixed costs shared by all three products are $270,000. One type of raw material has been used to manufacture products 1 and 2. The company has developed a new material of equal quality for less cost. The new material would reduce variable costs per unit as follows: product 1 by $10 and product 2 by $5. However, the new material requires new equipment, which will increase annual fixed costs by $50,000. If the company continues to use the old material, determine its break-even point in both sales units and sales dollars of each individual product. If the company uses the new material, determine its new break-even point in both sales units and sales dollars of each individual product. (Round to the next whole unit.) What insight does this analysis offer management for long-term planning?

casestudy.docx

Client I: Helen

Helen is 89 years old. She has lived independently in her own home until now. Last week she fell off a chair in her home while reaching up to clean out the top shelves in one of her closets. She sat with her arm aching all night until morning when she called her daughter to take her to the hospital. There an X-ray was done, and the arm was set. The hospital staff sent her home, and her daughter, who works, called the Office of Aging to help her plan so that her mother could remain at home. The Office of Aging set the main goal, “Helen will continue living in her own home with assistance” and referred the case to your agency to provide the service. Helen is unable to make meals or bathe herself, and the pain medication is making her dizzy. The Office of Aging has called your agency, which provides homemaker and in-home care, to provide the actual service to Helen. As the case manager for the agency, you go out and evaluate Helen’s situation.

The broad goal is to keep Helen in her own home. List two very specific goals your agency will work on with Helen. Next, place the objectives for each goal under that goal. Remember the phrase “as evidenced by. . ..”

Goal A:

Objective 1:

Objective 2:

Goal B:

Objective 1:

Objective 2:

Identify Helen’s strengths, and show how these strengths will help her meet the goals.

Helen’s strengths:

Explain how these will help her meet the goals:

Helen broke her arm on November 9. What are your target dates for your goals?

Describe a service intervention you will use with Helen to help her meet her goals.

Client II: Art

Art has been chronically ill with schizophrenia for many years. It started when he was in college, and he has been unable to hold a job. His family has just moved to your area. Art’s sister, with whom he lives, has gone into the mental health center seeking services for her brother. Art’s parents are deceased. The sister states the move has upset Art, and he appears ready to have another acute episode. She is also concerned that he is not taking his medication as he should, further jeopardizing his health. The sister hoped the case manager could find a place to send Art for treatment following the move. In college Art majored in engineering, and he is quite good at math. Art has been referred to the partial hospitalization program. There you are responsible for devising goals and objectives for Art.

The broad goal is to help Art adjust to the move. List two very specific goals your agency will work on with Art. Next, place the objectives for each goal under that goal. Remember the phrase “as evidenced by. . . .”

Goal A:

Objective 1:

Objective 2:

Goal B:

Objective 1:

Objective 2:

Identify Art’s strengths, and show how these strengths will help him meet the goals.

Art’s strengths:

Explain how these will help him meet the goals:

Art and his sister went to mental health case management on January 12. What are your target dates for your goals?

Describe a service intervention you will use with Art to help him meet his goals.

Client III: Lester

Lester has been in prison and has recently been released on parole. He has family in the area, but he distanced himself from them after high school. They did visit him while he was in prison. Lester has been referred to your agency, which works with ex-convicts to help them turn their lives around. Lester has indicated that his juvenile crime spree was “crazy” and that he would like to become a useful citizen. As the case manager, you interviewed Lester and learned that he would like to become a chef. He tells you that he had some cooking classes in the prison and that he worked mainly in the kitchen there and enjoyed the work. He feels, however, that he could have learned more and taken on more responsibility. At present Lester is staying in a halfway house and is charged with getting a job and a place to stay.

The broad goal is to help Lester get acclimated to the community. List two very specific goals your agency will work on with Lester. Next, place the objectives for each goal under that goal. Remember the phrase “as evidenced by. . . .”

Goal A:

Objective 1:

Objective 2:

Goal B:

Objective 1:

Objective 2:

Identify Lester’s strengths, and show how these strengths will help him meet the goals.

Lester’s strengths:

Explain how these will help him meet the goals:

Lester came into your office on May 6. What are your target dates for your goals?

Describe a service intervention you will use with Lester to help him meet his goals.

Client IV: Rick

You are a case manager in an alternative school for teenagers who have behavioral and emotional problems, and Rick is referred to you. Rick’s mother is addicted to cocaine, and his father is not in the picture. Only recently Rick was moved to his grandmother’s home. His grandmother seems to be very intent on helping Rick. She works as a domestic in a large office building downtown and is not home before 9:00 p.m. You are concerned that Rick is home alone after school, and you are also concerned about his getting his homework done. In addition, Rick has been having problems with other teens: hitting and punching, name-calling, and cutting up in class, all behaviors that need to be curbed if Rick is going to get anything out of the alternative school.

The broad goal is to help Rick succeed at the alternative school. List two very specific goals your agency will work on with Rick. Next, place the objectives for each goal under that goal. Remember the phrase “as evidenced by. . . .”

Goal A:

Objective 1:

Objective 2:

Goal B:

Objective 1:

Objective 2:

Identify Rick’s strengths, and show how these strengths will help him meet the goals.

Rick’s strengths:

Explain how these will help him meet the goals:

Rick came into your office on December 10. What are your target dates for your goals?

Describe a service intervention you will use with Rick to help him meet his goals.

Client V: Christina

Twelve-year-old Christina has come to the attention of your agency because her parents have abused her physically. The case was reported to Child Welfare, where you work, by a teacher at Christina’s school and Christina was removed from her home. The teacher noticed that Christina always seemed to have bruises, and when she asked Christina about these, Christina was reluctant to discuss them. You have met the parents and talked at length with Christina. All three say they want the family reunited in time. For the time being Christina is being placed with an aunt who offered to provide foster care for Christina. Christina is a good student, particularly in math and science. She is extremely shy and quiet and has few friends. You are not sure whether this is because she was forbidden to bring friends home or whether she has always been this way.

The broad goal is to help Christina and Christina’s family reunite successfully. List three very specific goals your agency will work on with Christina and her family. Next, place the objectives for each goal under that goal. Remember the phrase “as evidenced by. . . .”

Goal A:

Objective 1:

Objective 2:

Goal B:

Objective 1:

Objective 2:

Goal C:

Objective 1:

Objective 2:

Identify Christina’s strengths and any strengths you see within her family, and show how these strengths will help Christina and the family meet their goals.

Christina’s and Christina’s family’s strengths:

Explain how these will help them meet their goals:

Christina came into your office on April 4. What are your target dates for your goals?

Describe a service intervention you will use with Christina and her family to help them meet their goals.

Chooseabusiness.docx

choose a business/organizatin of interest and complete the  Canvas analysis focusing on 1 bulding blocks of your choice based on your research. 

9 building blocks: Customer Segments, Value Propositions, Channels, Customer Relationships, Revenue Streams, Key Resources, Key Activities, Key Partnerships & Cost Structure.

1.5 page

Company: Amazon

Apa 7th

Business model canvas:

9 building blocks:

Scalling up :

SOCW 6301 WK 4

If my topic for a research project is LGBTQ people discriminated against from being foster or adoptive parents. What would the gap be? I am not sure what my professor means.

  • Identify the research question in each and provide justification.
  • Identify the methodological approach in each (qualitative, quantitative, mixed methods) and provide justification.

have to use   and     to support answers

mythology

Select and research a figure from Greek hero mythology, then compare the ancient representation of that figure to two modern representations (e.g. look at Medusa in ancient source material and compare those ancient perspectives to 1) Medusa in the 1981 Clash of the Titans film and 2) Luciano Garbatis 2008 statue of Medusa). Then produce a poster that presents your research with text and images.

For this assignment any source from the Greek or Roman worlds will count as ancient. Modern is anything from the medieval period to now. Modern resources can include texts, visual arts (sculpture, painting, etc.) songs, comics, video games.

This assignment will require you to work with primary source material and to be a careful observer of textual and visual narratives.
Compose a brief paragraph (2-3 sentences maximum) indicating 1) which figure from Greek hero myths you are going to work on (see the list below), 2) why you are interested in that figure, and 3) your current thoughts on what two modern representations you might use – this might be as simple as indicating an interest in working with films or video games as your modern comparanda. (5% of assignment grade)

Select your mythological figure from this list: (these have been selected as they have plenty of ancient and modern material to draw from)

Medusa
The Sirens
Polyphemus the Cyclops
The Minotaur
Orpheus
Heracles (n.b. Heracles is a huge topic and you will have to be careful about focus)
Achilles
Odysseus
Medea
Hippolyta/Amazons
Helen of Troy

AsssignmentbriefingMS927_MS94221.pdf

Risk Modelling and Management Assignment (count 50% of the class total mark)

The assignment for this class draws on a group task.

Learning Outcomes The assignment seeks to test you understanding of, and ability to reflect on, experience relating to:

 Modelling to support decision making

 Modelling with Bayesian Networks and Influence Diagram Using Genie to support Bayesian Network modelling and Influence Diagram Creating fault and event tree models

 Appropriate use of these models

 Using Reliability Workbench to support modelling

Marking Criteria Please see appendix for marking form.

Late Penalty As per university policy!

Requirement Working in groups you are required to provide one written 3000 words report, a Reliability Workbench file and a Genie file of your models no later than 29th March 2022 at 10:00 pm.

Scene Setting Monroe Stahr is an inspiring leader within the short run parcel delivery industry. He is Director of Operations for Tycoon Trips plc, which is an organisation that, amongst other activities, collects parcels from Glasgow airport and delivers them by motor vehicle to anywhere in Glasgow. This is a specialised business, where demand is low and each delivery is expensive. Monroe believes that this could be a very lucrative service to provide but currently is not operating in the most efficient way. He is very charming, has taken you out for an extremely expensive lunch at a restaurant in Glasgow city centre and has convinced you to act as an analyst on his behalf, evaluate certain key business risks associated with the operations of Tycoon Trips and recommend appropriate action to manage each. He has made you feel very special and you want to do your best for him.

Description of Operations Provided Over Lunch By Mr Stahr There are currently two people employed by Mr Stahr to deliver the parcels; Ronda and Edgar. Ronda has been working as a delivery person for the past 5 years. During this time she has been ill on 52 days and received 20 complaints from customers about surly behaviour. Edgar has been working for the organisation for the past 10 years, but as a delivery person for the past year only. Over the past year he has taken 40 sick days and there have been 80 complaints about Edgar’s surly behaviour with clients. Each complaint costs Monroe £50 in compensation. This is twice as

likely to happen with Special Care clients, who are charged at a high rate for delivery services, than with regular deliveries and three times more likely than with cheap deliveries. If neither Edgar nor Ronda can deliver a package, then Monroe pays a competitor to carry out the delivery at a cost of £200 per package. Edgar and Ronda are paid the same rate, at £50 per day. Both work five days a week and are paid if they are absent. There are no deliveries over the weekend.

There are two vehicles that are used to deliver the packages. It costs £100 per delivery to hire a vehicle at short notice, if required due to breakdowns. It typically costs £40-£60 to fix a vehicle when it breaks down. Repairs are completed within an hour so will only affect one delivery per breakdown. Both vehicles break down as a result of one of three problems; electrical, petrol or mechanical. The electrical problem concerns the battery which can go flat during operation. Experience shows that this problem occurs on 1 in every 100 days of operation. The petrol problem is simply running out of petrol through the drivers forgetting to fill up the petrol tank. This problem occurs on 1 in every 120 days of use. The mechanical problem concerns a problem with the engine and occurs on 1 in every 200 days of use. Both Edgar and Ronda have recently been trained to check the engine for the mechanical problem and the electrical problem. Edgar and Ronda have good days and bad days. On good days they always identify and rectify the mechanical problem but on bad days they rectify it with probability 0.9. Bad days occur on half of all work days for each delivery person.

Packages arrive at the airport for delivery at a rate of 25 a day on average, but on 95% of the days the number is between 15 and 35. Edgar and Ronda will work until all of the packages have been delivered on any given day. A quarter of the packages are labelled Special Care and Monroe charges £500 for delivery, although this is completely refunded if an alternative delivery company has to be used for delivery. Half of the packages are normal delivery and the client is charged £100 and the remaining packages are charged at the cheap rate of £50 each.

Based on last years’ experience half of the clients pay in cash on delivery, (36% are Special Care deliveries and 64% are Regular deliveries) a quarter pay with credit cards (28% are Special Care deliveries, 52% are Regular deliveries and 20% are at the cheap rate), which costs Monroe 5% in transaction costs, and the remainder delay payment for 6 months to a year and then settle in cash.

The company is financed with a loan from a Building Society at 8% per annum. Petrol costs are approximately £20 per day.

Decisions under Consideration Monroe is considering hiring a third delivery person named Percy, at a rate of £30 per day. Currently Percy works in another division within Tycoon Trips and his rate of sick days is half of that of Edgar. Monroe would have to hire Percy full-time.

Another consideration is the possibility of purchasing a third vehicle at a cost of £5000, which would be just as reliable as the current vehicles. This would be kept as

a backup only; unless Percy was hired then he would require his own vehicle. Alternatively, a major overhaul could be done on the vehicles at a cost of £2000, which would remove the electrical problem.

Monroe is frustrated at the clients who delay payment. A potential solution to this would be to sell the debt to a debt-collecting agency. He doesn’t know how much this would be worth to him.

Your Task Monroe wants a client report analysing his predicament. In particular, he wants appropriate event and fault trees developed to model the current operations and used to evaluate the various decisions he is considering. This analysis should consider appropriate sensitively analysis. In addition, he would like you to model his predicament with a Bayesian Network and make a comparison with the Event Tree and Fault Tree approach to modelling. Please note that a very complex models will likely confuse the client.

Appendix Generic Feedback Form

Department of Management Science

RISK ANALYSIS AND MANAGEMENT

ASSESSMENT AND FEEDBACK FORM

NAME OF ASSIGNMENT

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Part A –

Build Fault

Tree(s) &

Event

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Statement of

assumptions

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Structure of

trees and

explanation

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Analysis 10

Part B –

Build BBNs

and Influence Diagram

Mark (out of 30)

Statement of

assumptions

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Structure of BBNs, Influence Diagram, andexplanation

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Analysis 10

Part C –

Comparisons

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models

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Statement of

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Part D –

Marks for

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Presentation 10

General

Comments

    hw

    Describe an opportunity or threat for NVIDIA TECHNOCLOGICAL PART. Use at least one type of evidence to support your position and suggest one way the firm could respond to this trend or situation (i.e. recommended course of action). 

    Includes one hyperlink to supporting evidence or information

    Analytics

    Analytics. Create an analytics plan. How does your company use analytics? How should they use analytics? What are the possibilities in marketing and other areas for the sophisticated use of data? What data is not being used and mined well in your company? Use at least five analytics articles from credible sources, meaning business sources like WSJ, Forbes, Business Week, or industry publications (four to six pages).

    (USE SALES COMPANY FOR EXAMPLE)

    LeaderTraitsAssign.docx

    The purpose of this assignment is to identify the traits frequently associated with leadership effectiveness and explore the advantages and disadvantages associated with trait approaches to leadership.

    For this assignment:

    · Provide an overview of the leader’s role that includes the following:

    · Name and title of the leader

    · His or her specific role/position

    · The name and industry of the organization

    · Describe qualities that are important to the leader’s success.

    · Provide examples of how some leaders with similar traits are successful in very different fields, as well as how equally successful leaders may not share all the same traits.

    · Analyze how differences in the various situations faced by different leaders may impact leadership effectiveness.

    How volcanic eruptions affect island biogeography

    The research paper should be a minimum of 10 pages plus figures and fully cited (minimum
    15  references)  following  the  format  of  one  specific  journal.  The  research  paper  will  be
    submitted before the day of the talk. The following will be evaluated:
    1) Structure of paper
    a. Introduction consisting of three paragraphs
    b. Presentation of the tested hypothesis (if any)
    c. Presentation of methods used
    2) Quality of the presentation
    a. Was new material sourced?
    b. Are the graphics clear (avoid scans – whenever possible redigitize)?
    c. Is the language clear and without errors (avoid colloquialisms)?
    d. Is the formal presentation clear?
    e. Is the scientific content correct?
    f. Was the literature correctly interpreted?
    g. Are citations used and referenced correctly?
    h. Is plagiarism evident?