Day: April 27, 2018

(2200 words needed)

B&M was formed in 1978 and they are variety retailers in the UK. B&M operate 450 stores across UK and employs 20,000 workers (http://www.bandmretail.com/).

You should outline the essential components for ‘effective business operations management’ for B&M stores (B&M) in the UK. Use a soft systems methodology to evaluate the issues B&M might face if they decide to introduce facilities to enable their customers to order goods online and have them delivered to the door. Support your discussion with appropriate business operations models (i.e. operation strategy performance (priorities) model, customer value, the service gap model, four v’s profile etc.).

TIPS:

1. You should start with what B&M are doing well compare to the sector (why customers turn up to the stores).

2. Research the problems they may face going online (the change) using Soft Systems Methodology (critical analysis

of need/problem to be solved).

3. Support your discussions with appropriate operations models (quality/depth).

You should compare and contrast different models used by the sector in which B&M operates and recommend appropriate solutions for online shopping, make easier for customers to select and buy their products with fully integrated mobile applications (issues to consider centralised/ decentralised inventory and delivery chain, customer value chain, cost implications, sustainability etc.).With reference to the parcel conundrum (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-18709348)recommend how B&M should respond to this conundrum (keeping in mind the possible technological and environmental (CO2) impact).

TIPS:

4. Your academic enquiry should lead to synthesis of important issues around the problem and solution.

5. Critical analysis and evaluation of customer’s digital experience.

6. Innovative ways to serve their customers better.

7. Consider the services which are unique and benefits to B&M.

8. Consider customer value for shopping online.

9. Comparison of different solution with costing and choose one solution to take forward with reasoning.

 

Instructions:   Listen to the Documentary entitled Living Legacy on the American Radio Works

 

website.  I expect to write four pages to answer the questions below (around 1250 words).

 

The Living Legacy

 

1.       What is the “black experience” offered at an HBCU according to the participants in the

documentary?  Do you think that is what you get here at School?

 

2.       What is the downside of the “black experience”?  What is your personal view of the balance?

 

3.       What do you think about the place of the history of HBCUs in how you develop as a business

student and then the business person?  Could it be detrimental to your development and your ability to

get started in your career?

 

4.       How well prepared do you think you will be for the business world when you graduate from graduate

at university?  Are there things you think you should be getting here in preparation that you are not

getting?  Be specific.

 

5.       What do you think about the future of HBCUs as institutions of higher education?

 

6.       Do you expect to give money back to School when you are successful?  (I will not report your

answer to anyone!)

 

***** Please check the Plagiarism 0 %

 

***** Each question have the reference.

1.

What does ΔG of a metabolic reaction measure?

the net change in free energy during a reaction

the amount of heat energy gained or lost in a reaction

the amount of matter transferred in a reaction

the change in activation energy required in a reaction due to enzyme activity

the activation energy of a reaction

2.

Which of the following does a catalyst change during a chemical reaction?

the free energy of the products

heat

entropy

activation energy

the free energy of the reactants

3.

ATP is not the only molecule that can drive reactions. When ATP is depleted during exercise, muscle cells use phosphocreatine to drive the regeneration of ATP.

Consider the following half reactions:

1. ATP + H2O → ADP + Pi

ΔG = –7.3 kcal/mol

2. Phosphocreatine + H2O → creatine + Pi

ΔG = –10.3 kcal/mol

From these two reactions, calculate the Gibbs free energy of the following coupled reaction, catalyzed by creatine kinase:

Phosphocreatine + ADP → ATP + creatine

ΔG = ?

Which is the correct net Gibbs free energy of the reaction?

ΔG = –3 kcal/mol

ΔG = –17.6 kcal/mol

ΔG = 0 kcal/mol

ΔG = +3 kcal/mol

ΔG = +17.6 kcal/mol

4.

Which source of energy does active transport use?

the regeneration of ATP bound to an active transport pump

the hydrolysis of ATP bound to an active transport pump

the hydrolysis of GTP bound to the active transport pump

the transport of ATP bound to an active transport pump

the transport of GTP bound to an active transport pump

5.

Which is an anabolic process?

protein synthesis

glycolysis

ATP hydrolysis

protein degradation

active transport

6.

The sodium-potassium pump is an active transport pump that uses energy to pump potassium into cells and sodium out of cells. Why is ATP energy required?

to change the shape of the ions

to transfer glucose in the same direction as Na+ ions

to pump the Na+ and K+ ions along their diffusion gradient

to pump the Na+ and K+ ions against their diffusion gradient

for the membrane to change shape

7.

Which definition best describes a cell’s metabolism?

the chemical reactions that break down glucose for energy

the use of ATP as an energy carrier

the energy level that must be overcome for a chemical reaction to move forward

the burning of fat molecules for energy

the sum of all the chemical reactions occurring in an organism

8.

Which reaction can provide the energy needed to run an endergonic reaction?

protein synthesis

photosynthesis

ATP hydrolysis

enzyme catalysis

All answers are correct.

9.

Which process(es) can directly amplify signals in a transduction pathway?

activating adenylyl cyclase

activating kinases

activating phosphatases

activating phospholipase C

All answers are correct.

10.

What happens when protein kinase A (PKA) phosphorylates phosphorylase kinase in the epinephrine signal transduction pathway?

Phosphorylase kinase becomes deactivated, and glucose production is suppressed.

Phosphorylase kinase becomes activated, and glucose production is suppressed.

Phosphorylase kinase becomes deactivated, and glucose production is enhanced.

Phosphorylase kinase becomes activated, and glucose production is enhanced.

None of the answers are correct.

11.

Which is a catabolic process?

glycolysis

ATP synthesis

ion transport

photosynthesis

translation of mRNA into protein

12.

Which reaction does a kinase catalyze in a signal transduction pathway?

binding of a signal molecule to a receptor

production of cAMP

phosphorylation of a TARGET  protein

All answers are correct.

None of the answers are correct

During week one I have learned much about recording basic financial transactions. The four basic financial statements include income, retained earnings, balance, and statement of cash flows. These are important because they provide a way for the organization to judge their financial performance. Income statements provide a description of how profitable the business is. Retained earnings reports what income was reinvested in the organization and was not distributed to the stockholders. Balance statements relay the assets and liabilities of the organization. Statement of cash flows shows the gross receipts and gross payments. A debit is an asset or increase in cash and a credit is a decrease in cash. Debits normally increase assets and decrease liabilities and credits normally decrease assets and increase liabilities. Debits and credits are used to record business transactions by the type of account that is used. Expenses and assets are listed on the left side and liabilities and revenue is listed on the right side of the T. Each time a transactions occurs they are listed in the journal and it will show which accounts are involved in the transactions and if they are debits or credits…

PRM 524 – Applied Project Management Case Assignment 5 – Resources and Instructions 1. Access the Resource View of your project. 2. Add the following Standard Rate for each of the employees or offices below (you must also enter Overtime rates for Pindar and Estaban): a. John – $35/hr b. Mike – $35/hr c. Nancy – $35/hr d. Dave – $35/hr e. Dr. Jackson – $65/hr f. PMO – $45/hr g. Project Manager (student) – $40/hr h. Pindar – $55/hr std. – $82.50/hr overtime i. Emilio – $55/hr j. Pam – $35/hr k. Estaban – $55/hr std. – $82.50/hr overtime l. Craig – $35/hr 3. Enter the following material costs to your sheet at the bottom. a. Resource Name:Hardware – Type:Material– Material:Bundles b. Resource Name:Software – Type:Material– Material:Flat Fee 4. Attach 3 Hardware Bundles and 1 Software Flat Fee to the Procure Hardware/Software task within the Execution phase. 5. Generate a Resource Cost Overview report. Save as a PDF file named lastnameCOST1. 6. Generate a Task Cost Overview report. Save as a PDF file named lastnameCOST2.

Name: Economics for Managers Date: 1. Comparative advantage explains how two nations can benefit from trade. True False Explain your answer 2. Externalities are created when parties not involved in an economic transaction are affected by it. True False Explain your answer 3. Opportunity cost is the value of the next best alternative to a given choice. True False Explain your answer 4. It is impossible for both nations to gain when trading with one other. True False Explain your answer 5. In economics the true cost of making a choice is the value of what must be given up. True False Explain your answer 6. Some college students think that because a college degree greatly increases their earning potential there is no opportunity cost of attending college. How would an economist look at the matter? a. There is no opportunity cost, assuming that future earnings actually increase as expected. b. The opportunity cost is much less than it would appear, assuming that earnings increase. c. Opportunity cost is a meaningless concept in this situation. d. The college students are completely correct in all respects. e. There is still an opportunity cost, even if it is justified by higher future earnings. 7. The term opportunity cost refers to the a. value of what is gained when a choice is made. b. difference between the value of what is gained and the value of what is forgone when a choice is made. c. value of what is forgone when a choice is made. d. direct costs involved in making a choice. 8. If an airline company has several empty seats on a flight and the full price of an air ticket is $500 and the marginal cost per passenger is $100, then it will be profitable for the airline to a. charge a stand-by passenger no less than the full fare of $500. b. charge a stand-by passenger less than $100. c. charge a stand-by passenger more than $500. d. charge a stand-by passenger more than $100. e. fill the seats at the last minute for any price. 9. Inputs, or factors of production, include a. labor. b. machinery. c. natural resources. d. all of the above. 10. A recession can best be defined as a period of time in which a. total output of the economy falls. b. total output of the economy rises very slowly. c. total unemployment falls. d. total international trade fails to rise. e. Both a and c 11. An industry can be defined as a. the group of all firms that sell a product. b. any company that produces and sells something. c. the set of buyers of a particular good or service. d. the top companies that sell something. 12. The production possibilities frontier has a tendency to bow outward from the origin. True False 13. The central question in economics is how to a. make the best use of scarce resources. b. use government planning agencies. c. induce people to want less. d. increase human knowledge. 14. One popular definition of economics is the study of a. how scarcity increases opportunities to meet ends. b. how markets overcome scarcity. c. one goal and three tasks. d. how to use limited means to meet unlimited wants. e. wants versus needs. 15. An optimal decision is one that chooses a. the most desirable alternative among the possibilities permitted by the resources available. b. the lowest cost method of meeting goals, without regard to quality or any other feature. c. among various possible goals and offends no one, so that all are equally happy. d. among equally important goals, and thereby avoids the “indispensable necessity” syndrome. e. among possible goals in such a way that spends as little money as possible. .jpg”> 16. . In Figure 3-2, the production possibilities frontier has a bowed-out shape because of the law of a. decreasing costs. b. increasing costs. c. demand. d. comparative advantage. 17. Adam Smith noted that people are adept at which of the following? a. Confusing themselves if given the chance. b. Proving the truth of “Murphy’s Law.” c. Denying themselves for the sake of others. d. Pursuing their own self-interest. e. All of the above are correct. Figure 5-3 .jpg”> 18. Assume the market consists of three consumers with the demand curves in Figure 5-3. At a price of 1, the total market demand is a. 40. b. 80. c. 140. d. 150. 19. The law of demand states that as the price a. increases, total quantity demanded will increase. b. decreases, total quantity demanded will decrease. c. increases, total quantity demanded will decrease. d. increases, total quantity demanded will stay the same. 20. Which of the following statements is correct? a. The “law” of diminishing marginal utility implies that demand curves slope upward and to the right. b. If the price of a good falls, the utility-maximizing consumer will assure that marginal utility rises. c. If the price of a good falls, the consumer will purchase more of the good in order to maximize total utility. d. MU and demand have different underlying consumer behavior assumptions. 21. If the price of gasoline rises by 20 percent and consumption of gasoline falls 5 percent, a. demand is elastic. b. demand is unit-elastic. c. demand is inelastic. d. elasticity of demand cannot be calculated. .jpg”> 22. In Figure 6-2, the price elasticity of demand (dropping all minus signs) is ____ between P = 4 and P = 6 than between P = 10 and P = 12 because between the lower set of prices the percentage change in price is ____. a. smaller; smaller b. smaller; greater c. greater; smaller d. greater; greater 23. From Figure 6-2, we can infer that demand is ____ between P = 12 and P = 10 and ____ between P = 6 and P = 4. a. elastic; elastic b. elastic; inelastic c. inelastic; elastic d. inelastic; inelastic 24. The price elasticity of a vertical demand curve is always a. infinitely large. b. zero. c. one. d. increasing as price increases. 25. A rightward shift in the demand curve for a product will ordinarily result from a. a decrease in the advertising budget. b. a decrease in the price of a competing product. c. an increase in consumer income. d. an increase in the price of a complementary good. 26. The following table contains information regarding price and output for a firm. For each point except the first, calculate the elasticity between it and the point above. Price Quantity Elasticity $7 10 _____ 6 20 _____ 5 30 _____ 4 40 _____ 3 50 _____ 2 60 _____ 1 70 _____ Price Quantity Elasticity $7 10 (None) 6 20 4.33 5 30 2.2 4 40 1.286 3 50 .7778 2 60 .4545 1 70 .231 27. A macroeconomist would concentrate on which of the following issues? a. the price of pizzas b. the profits of the IBM Corporation c. the unemployment rate in Germany d. the market for hot dogs 28. The clearest sign of economic growth is a(n) a. increase in nominal GDP. b. increase in real GDP. c. decrease in nominal GDP. d. increase in nominal GDP. 29. Describe some of the steps used to combat inflation. What are their side-effects? 30. Which of the following is a characteristic of a perfectly competitive market? a. a few large firms b. firms producing specialized products in order to attract consumers c. each individual firm having some control over the market price d. a large number of small firms 31. At a perfectly competitive firm’s short-run equilibrium level of output, a. P = MR = MC. b. P = MR, but MR does not equal MC. c. P = MC, but MR does not equal MC. d. MR = MC and P < MR. 32. Of the following industries, which are perfectly competitive? Of those which are not, why do they not fit the model? a. local banking b. gasoline stations c. college-level educational institutions d. local radio and television e. local farmers’ market 32. All of the following are possible characteristics of oligopoly except a. free entry into the industry. b. significant economies of scale. c. interdependence among sellers. d. homogeneous product. 33. A cartel is a. a group of oligopolists who try to behave like a single monopolist and split the benefits among themselves. b. a government-approved organization for the exchange of technical information among firms. c. a form of competition among oligopolists. d. a regulated industry that is officially permitted to set the price of its product above long-run average total cost. 34. The theory of the kinked demand curve is used to explain a. bizarre corporate behavior. b. sales maximization. c. the maximun criterion. d. sticky prices in oligopolies. 35. Other things held constant, when the general price level changes: Select one: a. we shift the aggregate demand curve to the left. b. we shift the aggregate demand curve to the left. c. we shift the aggregate supply curve to the right. d. we shift the aggregate demand curve to the right. e. we move along the aggregate demand curve. 36. The official unemployment rate is: Select one: a. the number of unemployed people divided by the number of employed people. b. the number of unemployed people divided by the total size of the population. c. the number of unemployed people divided by the size of the non-institutionalized population, age 16 or older. d. the number of unemployed people divided by the size of the non-institutionalized population. e. the number of unemployed people divided by the size of the labor force. 37. Which of the following is true of Antitrust policy? Select one: a. Antitrust policy prohibits agreements that allow free trade. b. Antitrust policy restricts abusive behavior by a firm dominating a market. c. Antitrust policy allows anti-competitive practices. d. Antitrust policy encourages establishment of monopoly firms. e. Antitrust policy creates trade barriers like tariffs and quota. 38.Other things equal, a country’s long-run aggregate supply will shift to the left when _____. Select one: a. the productivity of labor rises b. the quantity of natural resources rises c. the mortality rate rises d. the amount of investment rises e. the aggregate expenditure on education rises 39. Which of the following is true of marginal revenue? Select one: a. Marginal revenue is the slope of the total cost curve when profit is maximized. b. Marginal revenue equals total revenue divided by quantity. c. Marginal revenue equals the change in total revenue divided by the change in the quantity. d. Marginal revenue is the slope of the supply curve of a firm. e. Marginal revenue equals the income earned by selling the stocks on the margin. 40. What is Gross Domestic Product? What is included in this statistic? What is excluded? Give two examples of goods or services that are included in GDP and two examples of goods or services that are excluded.

This is my second Order here , I have been constantly struggling to get past a “B” grade and i sorely require to get an “A” on this essay to have a chance to get an Overall A. 1000 Word Essay . I have attached all the Reading Materials Including a detailed info on what is required on the essay . There is an ACSM file that i renamed as a .pdf file to upload here, you need to open it through Adobe Reader ( Protected format , i would need to keep renewing it , purchasing VIP support so i can keep that possible ) Its the Course Book , you would be required to have a look at a single Chapter from it ( info on the Coursework document ). The essay also needs outside the course reading work , not solely from the Book chapter and Reading materials i attach . Hope am not making too many “detailed” requests. Will purchase a VIP support , in order to make sure the writer gets an access to the Course Book (ill have to keep renewing it and maybe send a file )

Imagine you have inherited a restaurant. The restaurant has been out of operation for a bit so this is a blank slate for you to start a new career as a restaurateur and to open a new restaurant. Imagine that you own a upscale restaurant. Write a six to eight (6) page paper in which you: Create a statement describing the value your restaurant will bring your upscale clientele. Determine the pricing strategy that will benefit your restaurant the most. Explain why you chose this strategy. Choose a value communication strategy that you will use to attract potential customers and keep customers coming back. You are contemplating adding a daily special that is unique from the regular menu. Decide and then justify your answer to whether it makes more sense to go upscale and offer a higher priced item than is on your current menu, the same price that aligns to the other menu items, or a lower- priced item compared to your current menu.

During week one I have learned much about recording basic financial transactions. The four basic financial statements include income, retained earnings, balance, and statement of cash flows. These are important because they provide a way for the organization to judge their financial performance. Income statements provide a description of how profitable the business is. Retained earnings reports what income was reinvested in the organization and was not distributed to the stockholders. Balance statements relay the assets and liabilities of the organization. Statement of cash flows shows the gross receipts and gross payments. A debit is an asset or increase in cash and a credit is a decrease in cash. Debits normally increase assets and decrease liabilities and credits normally decrease assets and increase liabilities. Debits and credits are used to record business transactions by the type of account that is used. Expenses and assets are listed on the left side and liabilities and revenue is listed on the right side of the T. Each time a transactions occurs they are listed in the journal and it will show which accounts are involved in the transactions and if they are debits or credits…