9-207-056 JANUARY 28‚ 2007 MALCOLM BAKER Multifactor Models There are two parts to this exercise. The first is to evaluate the performance of four mutual funds. And‚ the second is to estimate the cost of capital for two firms. Benchmarking Both parts of the exercise are about choosing an appropriate benchmark‚ either for evaluating past investment returns or assessing a new project. Ideally‚ a benchmark should reflect the opportunity cost‚ or the best alternative investment. If an investment manager’s
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Mental models are ways in which an individual processes information in there minds. Psychologist Kenneth Craig suggested that individuals build small complex models to anticipate events in reality. It is a representation of reality‚ intuitively perceived by an individual. AAA Transportations and its employees‚ Vernon and Bud‚ are having a conflict between each others individual mental models. Vernon‚ the driver supervisor‚ and Bud‚ a corporate worker‚ have been working for AAA Transportations for
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effectively. This implies that being healthy or ill are relative experiences/ concepts. From this standpoint‚ health means very different things to different people and the health of an individual can be judge against‚ for example‚ their gender‚ age and occupation. For example‚ a young‚ male professional athlete may well have a very different conception of health and wellbeing compared with an elderly‚ wheelchair-bound female. This view that health is a relative concept will be explored in the subsection
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Module Title: CONTEMPORARY MANAGEMENT ISSUES (BAM3011) Assessment Title: Management models Student Number: 1011331 Module Leader: Barry Simmons Date of Submission: 27th April 2012 The two management models that will be critically evaluated on their usefulness to managers in the service sector are the Just-in-Time (JIT) and the Lean manufacturing models. These two manufacturing models were invented in the early 1960s which have been in used and practised in the manufacturing industries
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Modeling the Spread of an Epidemic | By developing a computer model of the spread of an infectious disease‚ the student develops an understanding of the role of the infection rate and the removal rate on the spread of the disease. The Threshold Theorem of Epidemiology claims that the extent of spread of an epidemic can be predicted if three values are known: initial number of susceptible people (S(0))‚ the infection rate (K)‚ and the removal rate (by quarantine or cure) (Q). The extent of the
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Similarly to the informative model‚ the interpretive model assumes that the physician is responsible for giving the patient with all important information concerning their state and treatment. However‚ the practitioner goes beyond providing the information and accepting the patient’s choices. Unlike the informative practitioner‚ the interpretive practitioner knows that the patient’s values are not completely recognized by the patient‚ in fact their values are often conflicting and underdeveloped
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MODELS OF HUMAN RESOURCE MANGEMENT Understanding models in human resource management (HRM) is essential for any human resource practitioner for three reasons. Firstly‚ it provides a macro perspective of HRM practice in overall organizational set up. Secondly‚ the unity and diversity of these models serve as vital inputs in drafting tailor made HRM model for organizations. Thirdly‚ these models offer answers to quite a few dilemmas that practitioners encounter in their mission to pursue an organizationally
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MODELS OF STRESS Stress is something people can experience when they are responding to certain demands. Stress can affect the way a person feels both emotionally and physically. If a person finds certain situations too difficult they may begin to experience symptoms of stress such as a racing heart‚ heightened senses and sweaty palms. Although the symptoms of stress can feel unpleasant‚ stress is not always a bad thing. There are several different models of stress including engineering
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Heston’s Stochastic Volatility Model Implementation‚ Calibration and Some Extensions Sergei Mikhailov‚ Ulrich Nögel Fraunhofer Institute for Industrial Mathematics‚ Kaiserslautern‚ Germany‚ Mikhailov@itwm.fhg.de; Noegel@itwm.fhg.de 1 Introduction The paper discusses theoretical properties‚ shows the performance and presents some extensions of Heston’s (1993) stochastic volatility model. The model proposed by Heston extends the Black and Scholes (1993) model and includes it as a special case
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Stephen Toulmin proposed the six terms as a model of communication designed to analyze the court room rhetorician’s argument. These included the three legs of communication‚ which are writer‚ subject‚ and audience supporting the claims of fact‚ value and policy‚ in others words‚ claim is an author’s proposition in which he/she is trying to prove a statement. In addition‚ Wayne Brockriede and Douglas Ehninger brought to coaction the six key terms in Toulmin model connecting the three legs of the communication
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