Day: January 25, 2020

Decision science assignment 1

January 25, 2020 5 Comments Computer Science

 

Can a non-functional pregnancy test kit appear to have 100% accuracy? How? Explain with an example (5 points)

2. Two pregnancy test kits respectively report 55% and 40% accuracy when tested with 50 pregnant and 50 non-pregnant subjects. Which one is better and why? (5 points)

3. What knowledge we must have during training an algorithm that we do not have during testing? Why? (5 points)

4. a. Compute the threshold for the given scores for male and female classes.  Show work. (5 points)

4 b. Then compute FN, FP, FNR and FPR for that threshold (5 points)  

4.c. Finally, compute TP and TNR using the values computed in 4.b. (5 points)

Class

Score

Male

.11

Male

.21

Male

.15

Male

.21

Female

.14

Female

.22

Female

.32

Female

.31

2-3 pages 500-750 words

January 25, 2020 6 Comments Business Finance - Management

 

Identifying Channels of Distribution

For this weeks assignment pick a product with which you are very familiar with or take the time to go through your clothes closet and try and find a product made in the USA, or one that you can anticipate being able to research easily.

Map the supply chain of your product as far back as is feasible. A simple example is a diamond sold by a local jewelry store, purchased direct from diamond wholesalers in the Netherlands, bought by wholesalers from diamond centers in South Africa, and brought out of mines owned by a company in South Africa. Identify as many participants in the channel as possible by company name and location.

Identify the mode of transportation used between each stage in the channel.

Identify by name and location the component parts of the product if any.

The requirements below must be met for your paper to be accepted and graded:  

Write between 500 750 words (approximately 2 3 pages) using Microsoft Word.

Attempt APA style.

Use font size 12 and 1 margins.

Include cover page and reference page.

At least 60% of your paper must be original content/writing.

No more than 40% of your content/information may come from references.

Use at least two references from outside the course material, preferably from EBSCOhost.  Text book, lectures, and other materials in the course may be used, but are not counted toward the two reference requirement.

Reference material (data, dates, graphs, quotes, paraphrased words, values, etc.) must be identified in the paper and listed on a reference page.

Reference material (data, dates, graphs, quotes, paraphrased words, values, etc.) must come from sources such as, scholarly journals found in EBSCOhost, online newspapers such as The Wall Street Journal, government websites, etc.  Sources such as Wikis, Yahoo Answers, eHow, etc. are not acceptable.

Examples of interesting products that have been researched by past students include:

Bricks produced by a local brick manufacturerthe kiln from a company in Germany; the clay from an open pit mine in Weir, Kansas; the water from Baxter Springs, Kansas; the sand from Kansas City; the manganese sulfate and iron oxide from Springfield, Missouri; and the color additives from St. Louis.

Diamonds sold by a local jewelry storepurchased direct from diamond wholesalers in the Netherlands; bought by wholesalers from diamond cutters in South Africa; brought out of mines owned by a company in South Africa.

Strategic Marketing Discussion

January 25, 2020 4 Comments Business & Finance - Marketing

Dealing with the Competition: The Burger Wars: Dealing with the competition has been compared to the theories of war. Over 20 centuries ago, in the Art of War, Sun Tzu put down the ideas that have guided wars ever since. In one chapter, Sun Tzu discussed how the strengths and weaknesses of our enemy as well as our own should help to make clear the strategies we should use against our competitors. 

McDonalds has had some significant challenges recently. Please do some internet research on the current issues at McDonalds and especially their competitive challenges.

If you were the vice president of marketing for Burger King, and knowing your competitor is McDonalds, how could you use two of the war techniques to win the marketing war against McDonalds?

75-100 discussion question

January 25, 2020 3 Comments Business Finance - Management

 

Each week, you will be asked to respond to the prompt or prompts in the discussion forum. Your initial post should be 75-150 words in length, and is due on Sunday. By Tuesday, you should respond to two additional posts from your peers. 

Supply Chain Management

  • Supply chain management is instrumental as it pertains to marketing as marketing plays a key role in integrating supply chain processes and promoting collaboration between stakeholders.
  • In this weeks discussion focus on the benefits of supply chain management, how does the implementation of supply chain management result in enhanced customer value? 

To get you thinking about what happens when supply chain management is absent do some research around the global toy recall by Mattel in 2007. It was discovered that some toys manufactured in China contained toxic lead paint and a design flaw which caused a safety hazard, Mattel had to recall 20 million toys that had been distributed and sold around the world.

75-100 discussion question

January 25, 2020 2 Comments Business Finance - Management

 

Motivation and Leadership

Each week, you will be asked to respond to the prompt or prompts in the discussion forum. Your initial post should be 75-150 words in length, and is due on Sunday. By Tuesday, you should respond to two additional posts from your peers.

This week you have learned about the basic models of motivation and how leadership traits and behaviors can impact the organizations effectiveness and performance. To demonstrate how motivation and leadership traits and behaviors are applied in the workplace, this weeks discussion forum will involve researching an article using one of the following sources:

  • USA Today (www.usatoday.com)
  • Wall Street Journal (www.wsj.com)
  • New Your Times (www.nytimes.com)
  • Forbes (www.forbes.com)
  • Bloomberg Business Week (www.bloomberg.com)
  • Inc. Magazine (www.inc.com)
  • Economist (www.economist.com)
  • Entrepreneur (www.entrepreneur.com)
  • Harvard Business Review- (www.hbr.org)

Your task is to choose a current article (published in last 60 days) from one of the above-listed sources that relate to how managers are able to effectively lead and motivate.  

  • As a manager, would you prefer the people you manage to be extrinsically or intrinsically motivated? What type of leadership behaviors would you want to emulate and why?  Explain your thoughts.
  • What key points in the article support your statements?

Copy and paste the URL address of the article so it can be easily shared with your classmates.

Strategic Marketing Branding Proposition Discussion

January 25, 2020 No Comments Business & Finance - Marketing

Write a 2 page paper on the question below:

 A brand is everything the customer understands about your offering. It is the image you present in the marketplace, and that is a vital and strategic consideration. Look at the following five levels of meaning.

1. Value: The benefits to price equation.

2. Values: What do you stand for? 

3. Attributes: What is it that you sell? What are the physical attributes?

4. Benefits: What do the attributes do for the consumer? 

5. Personality: Can you describe your offering like a person (fast, sad, dangerous, sociable, etc)? 

Every brand is built on one or more of these five basic foundational elements. You can compose or decompose any brand based upon these five elements. Your assignment is to find two brands that use a different major element of the five basic elements as the primary basis of the brand. Find a brand that relies on value, such as Hyundai, a brand with a persona, like Brawny, or a brand like Leica cameras, which relies on fine lenses (attribute). Describe the positioning of the brand. How is the brand positioned compared to the competition? Find a commercial for each of your chosen brands that helps to position the brand along the lines you describe and include a link to the commercial.

hrm cap 3

January 25, 2020 3 Comments Human Resource Management

 

Select one of the following case studies (located in your textbook): 
Then complete the following: 

  • Add your opinion about the choices and decisions being madeif this was your company would you make this choice? 
  • What would you do differently?   

CASE 4-1  WALMARTS EVERYDAY HIRING STRATEGY: FUELING FUTURE CONSUMER DEMAND WITH PASSION AND TALENT 
CASE 4-2  GAUGING EMPLOYMENT AT HONEYWELL 
CASE 5-1 HERE A GM, THERE A GM, EVERYWHERE A GM (OR SO THEY THOUGHT!) 
CASE 5-2 TRYING TO BUILD WHEN NOBODY WANTS TO WORK 
CASE 6-1 A KINK IN LINKS OF LONDONS SELECTION PROCESS 
CASE 6-2 NOT GETTING FACE TIME AT FACEBOOKAND GETTING THE LAST LAUGH!

hrm capston assignment 1

January 25, 2020 7 Comments Human Resource Management

 

Assignment 1: Strategy, Planning, and Selection 
Due Week 3 and worth 170 points 

Assume for this assignment that you are being highly considered for a director-level HR management position for a best-in-class national retailer. You are in the final phase of the interview process and must respond to the interview panel regarding specific questions and scenarios that will help them determine if you are a good fit for the new role. The companys culture is centered on the effective development of strategy, plans, and selection criteria aimed at building and sustaining a competitive and profitable organization. It will be extremely important that you respond with a strategic mindset in order to convince the organization you are able to help them ensure the execution of the business strategy. 

Write a six to seven (6-7) page paper in which you: 

  • Analyze different types of strategies (cost leadership, differentiation, and focus/niche) and select which one you would deem more appropriate for an efficiency-minded retail organization and explain your rationale. How would the selected strategy ultimately affect how HR does its job? 
  • Examine the four (4) approaches to job design/redesign and provide an example (not a definition) of each. Then, make a case to the interviewing panel on the importance of effective job design applications in supporting the overall strategic goals of the organization. 
  • Consider challenges and constraints associated with recruiting workers and identify and discuss at least two (2) issues. What advice would you give to ease your selected issues? Be specific. 
  • List and describe 23 candidate selection process ideas that might add value and overall effectiveness to the process. HINT: . Also, what problems should HR and management teams avoid during the selection process? 
  • Format your assignment according to these formatting requirements: 
    1. Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions. 
    2. Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment (with running head), the students name, the professors name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length. 
    3. Include a reference page. Citations and references must follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length. Use the Strayer University Library at https://research.strayer.edu to locate additional sources to support your work. 

The specific course outcomes associated with this assignment are:  

  • Assess the strategic role of human resource management and the components that provide a competitive advantage to the organization. 
  • Examine the human resource management functions of recruiting and selecting, and their importance to business strategy. 

Corrections and incarcerations

January 25, 2020 3 Comments Law - Criminal

The unique needs of each individual offender means that a one size fits all approach to sanctions does not work for offenders. As a result, a range of punishments has been developed to address the various needs of different offenders.

In your initial response, discuss the role of intermediate sanctions as a punishment alternative within corrections. Begin your response by defining the concept of intermediate sanctions as it applies to corrections. Provide specific examples of different types of intermediate sanctions. Conclude your response by evaluating whether or not you believe intermediate sanctions as they are currently designed are effectively working to rehabilitate offenders.

Initial posts must be a minimum of 500 words not counting the repeating of the question or reference list, and incorporate material from at least two (2) cited sources.