Instructor Assignment # 1. 1. Alex Miller‚ Inc.‚ sells car batteries to service stations for an average of $30 each. The variable cost of each battery is $20 and monthly fixed manufacturing costs total $10‚000. Other monthly fixed costs of the company total $8‚000. Required: a. What is the breakeven point in batteries? b. What is the margin of safety‚ assuming sales total $60‚000?
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The U.S. school shootings The school shooting in Blacksburg‚ Virginia on the 16th of April 2007 was deadliest in American history. Twenty-three year old Seung-Hui Cho killed 32 people before taking his own life. He carried a 9mm semiautomatic and a .22-caliber handgun‚ both with the serial numbers obliterated‚ federal law enforcement officials said. No matter what kind of perspective one uses there is not just one event that occurs before a person chooses to become a mass murderer and the motivation
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the past few years‚ Zappos has become a company to fear for competitors not only for it’s customer satisfaction but also employee gratification. Unlike any other company‚ Zappos prides itself on their unordinary training process. Anytime during that 5 week training course an employee can decide that the company is not a good fit and is offered $2‚000 for their decision. This reward of $2000 is already enough motivation‚ at least for me if not everyone‚ to apply in the first place. Motivate is the drive
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compared to how they use to be at one time. There are problems in each country that lies within the major stakeholders of the health care system and what things can be done to make it less expensive for patients. Also‚ in this paper there will be discussions on the statement of the problems‚ the history of the problems‚ describing the role of the stakeholders in the problem‚ sharing how the P.P.A.C.A. and other federal policies have attempted to address this issue‚ as well as‚ recommendations on what
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Student Name Rolando Salas Date 8/10/14 SEC450 Database Traffic Load Lab Report NOTE: Use carriage returns and page breaks as needed to prevent table contents from extending across page boundaries. Task 1—Set up Database Traffic Flows For Socket information‚ the protocol will be TCP and the Source port will be set to sqlnet – Oracle. When you have completed the traffic configuration‚ capture the Traffic Generator window () as shown below and paste (V) it into the table cell provided
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area. Programmers around the world appear to be constantly programming security programs‚ for which states pay billions of dollars. Though the vulnerability of intrusion has leapt into the world cyberspace with Stuxnet and has left nothing secured. 1. Why is the Stuxnet event considered to be historic? Stuxnet has a taken the modern warfare into a new level as a whole. Stuxnet has shown that there is no such thing as "flawless" IT security. By good or bad Stuxnet is considered historic because it
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It is important to for me to have a good partnership with all parents and carers. Parents and primary carers are the most important people in every child’s life. These are the people who children will learn their values‚ culture and religious beliefs and they will the most influence on a child’s attitude and development. These are the people who a child feels the most secure with and who know the child best. In fact current legislation such as the Children Act 1989 gives parents and carers definite
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Week 6 Case Study: A Perky Way to Productivity 1. It is important for employees to receive benefits that meet their needs. When employee needs are met they are happy‚ turnover rates may decrease‚ and employees complain less. Employees are more likely to do a better job because they feel appreciated and needed at work which boosts the workplace morale. HRM goals will be met in that employees will be doing a great job‚ which allows them maintain the effectiveness of the company. HRM’s goal is
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References: Cohen‚ R.‚ & Shoshanah‚ J. (2005). Strategic Supply Chain Management: The 5 Disiplines For Top Performance. New York: The McGraw-Hill Companies.
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Grounds zero: A Starbucks-free Italy. Bloomberg Businessweek. Retrieved from ProQuest. Patterson‚ P. G.‚ Scott‚ J.‚ & Uncles‚ M. D. (2010). How the local competition defeated a global brand: The case of Starbucks. Australasian Marketing Journal‚ 18(1)‚ 41-47. Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com/docview/734593400?accountid=32521
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