MGT 4481 March 29‚ 2012 Discussion Questions from Chapter 1 and 2 Chapter 1 1. Relate a hiring experience you have had as a job seeker to the process illustrated in Figure 1-1. What could the organization you applied to have done to improve your experience? Many years ago I applied for a job I learned about by word of mouth. I was instructed to contact the supervisor of the position I was seeking in order to set up an interview. I interviewed with the supervisor‚ and met the qualifications
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OPower Answer the following questions that are based on the article reading below. Keep your responses to 1-2 paragraphs (150-300 words) per question. Posts must be clear and concise‚ and must address the questions being asked. You must also respond to at least one of yourpeers Discussion Questions: Even though Laskey and Yates are of the opinion that OPOWER has been extremely successful in the years since its inception‚ they also believe that the behavioral science-based approach could produce
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Mason University mpevzner@gmu.edu Partha Sengupta Associate Professor George Mason University psengupt@gmu.edu We examine whether Ball and Shivakumar (2006) and Basu (1997) models of conservatism identify fraud firms as anti-conservative. We show that both models do so to some extent‚ but Ball and Shivakumar model results are stronger. We further show that these results are driven by firms committing largest frauds as a percentage of firms’ assets. Our results are important to academics who use
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1 Risk Chapter and Its Management Multiple Choice 1. The major types of business risk include all of the following except: A price risk B diversification risk C pure risk D credit risk Answer: b Type: K 2. Credit risk is a. : the risk that a firms borrowers will not make promised payments. b. the risk that a firm will not be able to get credit from lenders c. the risk that a firm will not have sufficient funds to make payments to their creditors d. the risk due to changes in
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following questions in proper english grammer and format. (Which means don’t write like you talk or blog but as if you were answering test questions) 1. What was your favorite part of the movie jaws and Why? My favorite part of jaws was when Roy Scheider a.k.a Chief Martin Brody was talking to his wife Ellen Brody outside and was yelling to his son to get out of the boat that was docked. Ellen thought that Martin was over reacting and just stressed after the recent shark attack. She tried to
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Financial Statement Analysis Case Discussion Questions CASE: The Case of the Unidentified Industries - 2006 The questions are in the case. However‚ the following information might be helpful. 1. For purposes of this case the loans of the commercial bank are classified as accounts receivable and the deposits as accounts payable. 2. Unlike most business done on a credit basis where $1 of revenue creates a $1 accounts receivable‚ in advertising $1 of revenue creates $1/15% = $6.67 of accounts receivable
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Discussion Questions 1. What is Starbucks product? Starbucks sells gourmet coffee‚ tea‚ bottled coffee drinks‚ pastries‚ coffee makers‚ and accessories. Starbucks also sells "the coffee drinking experience." 2. What advantages does McDonald’s have in competing with Starbucks for coffee sales? * First‚ McDonald’s already has existing locations. Emphasizing coffee sales in McDonald’s only required the installation of new equipment and minor modifications to existing stores’ interiors
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Is starting school late a good thing for students? Every student at least once in the school year doesn’t have the opportunity to get enough sleep and have time to wake up early in the morning for school. Starting school later means the child’s brain would have enough time to be awake‚ functioning correctly‚ and be ready for learning. Late starts mean knowing your child has enough time to do homework and get plenty of sleep. Improving children’s health and safety that most kids have on
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Health is Wealth” is very much true. One must try hard to remain healthy ‚if we are healthy ‚we can easily fight with other problems of life. people do many different things to remain healthy .some go for healthy diet‚ other recommended exercise‚ and rest thinks health awareness is important ‚after all “Prevention is better than cure.” A healthy diet is very necessary to remain healthy. People must take care of their diet. Everybody should read the ingredients before buying
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Discussion Questions Whistling Vivaldi Chapter 1 1. What are some of the identity contingencies that Steele mentions in this chapter‚ and what are some that you have faced in your life? The identity contingencies that Steele mentioned are racial order‚ segregations‚ constraining behavior and stereotype threat. Whenever I play basketball with my African American friends‚ I always go easy on them because I believe that their athletic genetics are naturally superior than mine‚ so there is no reason
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