Day: November 8, 2020

Report Sections:

1. Cover Page

2. Table of contents

3..Introduction Present the reason why the report is being written, the nature of the opportunity you are facing, the scope of your research, sources of materials and what conclusion you reached (direct approach). This is a brief statement about which company you preferred as your number 1 choice of an employer. (There are several possible conclusions you might draw you prefer 1 of the companies over another, or both companies are appealing to you; or neither company meets your requirements.) You will also forecast what you will be writing about in the rest of your paper.

4.Company Evaluations In this section, you will present your evidence. You will report for each company the following:
    Company Background and History
    SWOT analysis (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, threats) Each part has to have its own paragraph with a proper in-text citation.

5.Conclusion Compare and contrast the advantages and disadvantages of each company and give your final reasons for choosing one company over the other.

6. Next Steps – What will be your next steps in following up on this report as you begin planning for your career. What do you need to do to be ready to begin your job search and choose a company

7. Reference page following APA guidelines 7th edition

Two companies need to be analytical is in the Annotated Bibliography which I attached.
All the resources which you might have no access to, I have attached as pdfs, you must use all the sources from Annotated Bibliography

Part I: To cover in Intro: 

Describe the Doctors pay arrangement/system

Socio/Economic/Legal factors that affect doctors remuneration

Whats there, whats not there.

what other groups getting paid 

what were paid last period what is happening in the economy (inflation, unemployment) AND their actions may affect these other things (The effort-and-reward bargain Extrinsic versus Intrinsic)

You must reply to at least three colleagues in a manner that extends the discussion. A simple “I agree/disagree” will not be accepted. respond in a manner that further extends the discussion.

post 1

Hedging is something that I have found very fascinating in the past and believe that it is a very important aspect of investing.  Hedging is defined as an investment that is made with the intention of reducing the risk of adverse price movements in an asset. Normally, a hedge consists of taking an offsetting position in a related security.  There are many different hedging strategies with different benefits and downsides.  Buying call options is one very important hedging strategy to utilize.  Call options themselves don’t generate financial gains in a falling market, however, they reduce losses.  A call option is a contract, between the buyer and the seller of the call option, to exchange a security at a set price.  This can help an investor be able to maintain that set price on a security in a time of market volatility, while also keeping the potential upside of that security if the market is to surge. 

https://seekingalpha.com/article/4132044-upsides-and-downsides-of-4-popular-hedging-strategies

post 2

In todays highly globalized world, companies operate all over the world depending on where costs would be less than their domestic market. However, changes in foreign currency exchange rates can increase losses or reduce profits. Options can be a very smart strategy to implement in order to mitigate risks with foreign currency. For example, Boeing would benefit from hedging due to their global positioning. According to Junu Kim at Boeing, the companys executives request quotes with foreign suppliers and manufacturers in both US dollars and the foreign currency with hedging to negotiate savings of between five and ten percent (Kim, n.d.).

          Specifically, if Boeing has a contract to pay 10 million in Japanese yen in 6 months, and they believe the yen will appreciate compared to the US dollar, they can purchase a call option to minimize the loss of the appreciating yen. If the exchange rate is currently 1 USD: 111.58 YEN, Boeing could purchase a call option for 105 YEN for 6 months. If the YEN increases to 95, Boeing could purchase 10 million in Japanese yen for $95,238.10 instead of the regular exchange price in 6 months of $105,263.16. This would be a savings of more than $10,000 USD (less the cost of the premium) which would obviously be preferable to Boeing.

Kim, J. How Treasury is supporting Boeing’s efforts to expand its global presence. https://www.boeing.com/news/frontiers/archive/2003/august/i_fof1.html.

post 3

Hedging a portfolio is something that I have had some experience in during a previous finance class. Hedging is attempting to diversify the risk out of a portfolio or at least minimize the risk to a portfolio. There are many methods to hedge the risk of a product, but the method should depend on the product. For example, if I were to try to hedge the price of coffee for a company because  there is a risk of price increase due to rain patterns, I would hedge the price of coffee for a company by purchasing futures contracts on coffee now to lock in prices. However, this can be risky if it is a different industry like the oil. Oil hedging was common for airlines prior to the pandemic but now the price of hedging is getting more expensive. The article below says that the pandemic and the resulting plunge in air travel have caused airlines to largely abandon oil hedges against higher oil prices, thus making it more expensive for oil producers to lock in higher oil prices on the options market (Kennedy, C. ,2020). Premiums for the puts and calls are rising in the oil market because the risk is going up. It seems to be worth it to pay higher premiums to protect an investment in fuel but not worth it if the fuel never gets used.

References

Kennedy, Charles (2020, Oct.9) Air Travel Collapse Makes Oil Hedges More Expensive. Oil Price.com. Web. Retrieved on Nov. 5, 2020 from <https://oilprice.com/Latest-Energy-News/World-News/Air-Travel-Collapse-Makes-Oil-Hedges-More-Expensive.html>

For this case study, you will compose a 2-3 page paper that addresses the following:
Select an issue or problem that exists (or has existed) within the topic of Employee and Labor Relations
Provide a brief overview of the issue/problem (typically, the background information is one paragraph)
Detail and elaborate the specific laws and regulations associated with the topic or concept
Based on your understanding of human resources gained in this and previous courses, discuss how the organization should resolve (or should have resolved) the issue or problem.
You must use at least one citation from the course materials (or previous course materials) and clearly state how your proposed strategy would have resolved the issue.
The paper is graded based on completeness of the exercise. Professionalism, grammar, and spelling are considered as criteria for grading, including proper APA for all sources used. Include headings in the work to identify each area discussed.