Mid Term – October 2014 Bond Pricing Qu 1: Time to Maturity Zero Coupon Rate Discount Factor 1 5% 2 6% 3 7% 4 8% 5 9% Give the formula for the discount factor in terms of the zero coupon rate. Use the formula to fill in the discount factors in the table above (you can write the formula or using excel calculate the numerical value). Assume that the government wishes to issue a new 5 year bond priced at 100 (called a par coupon bond as it is priced at par i.e. the price is the same as the face
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Government and Not-For-Profit Environment TRUE/FALSE (CHAPTER 1) 1. F The main objective of a typical governmental or not-for-profit entity is to earn a profit. 2. TA government’s budget may be backed by the force of law. 3. FGovernmental entities have no need for an accounting system. 4. TA government’s internal managers rely on general purpose financial statements for a considerable amount of information about their government. 5. FGovernments and not-for-profits may never engage
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The zero tolerance policy strives to reduce violence in schools and make schools a safer place for students. Anne Atkinson‚ a member of the Virginia Board of Education defines zero tolerance as a “policy that mandates predetermined consequences or punishments for specified offenses.” The policy first became effective in 1989‚ but grew most rapidly in 1994 when the Gun- Free Schools Act was passed (1). There are many controversies about the zero tolerance policy including whether or not the policy
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Organisational culture …………………………………………………………………. 7 1.2 Explain how an organisation structure and culture can impact on the performance of busyness ………………………………………………………………………………… 8 1.3. Discuss the factors which influence the behaviour of an individual at work ..… 10 Task 2: Understand different approaches to management and leadership ……… 12 P 2.1.: Compare the effectiveness of two different leadership styles in different organisations ……………………………………………………………………………… 12 P 2.2.: Explain how organizational
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Organisations and Behaviour (Unit 3) BTEC Higher National Diploma (HND) in Business Edexcel QCF-4 Nelson College September/October 2012 Hamza Said Introduction 1.1: Compare and contrast different organisational structures and culture. What is Organizational Culture? The values and behaviours that contribute to the unique social and psychological environment of an organization. Organizational culture includes an organization’s expectations
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COSTS AND COSTING 6 6.3 PROFIT AND LOSS AND BALANCE SHEETS . Simple Financial Calculations . Analysing Performance - The Balance Sheet . Analysing Performance . Analysing Financial Performance . Profit And Loss Forecast . Profit And Loss Calculations . The Balance Sheet Exercise P 213 . Your books tell you what’s happened in the past. . Your cash flow forecast is about what may happen in the future. . What about now? How are we doing right now? For every single bit of goods or services you supply
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Understanding Organisation. Explain how an organisation culture develops overtime and how managers then try to understand‚ control and after cultures. To what extent might an organisation be considered to have a fragmented and divided set of culture? You should make reference to theory and practise in your answers. What is the meaning and definition of organisation culture? In an anthropological term‚ culture refers to underlying values‚ belief and codes of practice that makes a community for
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A ZERO BECOMES A HERO! Early this morning in Windrixville‚ Jay Mountain two Greasers named Johnny Cade and Ponyboy Curtis‚ showed great courage and bravery by saving young Socs that were trapped inside a burning church. The two boys asked the people around the church what was happening. Apparently the group of Socs around the area were having a school picnic and suddenly they saw the church on fire. A worried woman ran to the leader of the trip‚ Jerry‚ and told him that a couple of kids are
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QUESTIONS. 2. How can leader or founder help create strong culture in an organisation? Can a leader eliminate culture? Explain. INTRODUCTION 1. BACKGROUND OF THE CULTURE IN ORGANISATIONAL 1.1 LEADER Leadership is a person whose can influence a person for accomplish their objective in organisation to make it more cohesive and coherent. As we know leadership try to influence a group or person to achieve their goal or target. (http://www.nwlink.com/~donc lark/leadcon. html) Always leader
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Woman at Point Zero In the book‚ Woman at Point Zero‚ the character Firdaus seems to be a woman that has endured a tremendous amount of suffering and discrimination in a society that victimizes women. Throughout the story she has experienced several incidents which bear a strong effect on her feelings towards men. Her confrontations and observations of men as a young girl influence the way she is as an adult. Firdaus seems to be a woman with little control over her destiny and is really looking
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