After consideration of your proposal from Week 1, the WeLoveVideo, Inc. CIO is having a hard time envisioning how the project would be executed based on your recommendations. She has asked your company to develop a project plan in both waterfall and Agile so she can better understand the implications to her team. Using Microsoft® Excel®, or Project (either tool is pre-approved), or another project […]

As you learned in Week 2, requirements are a fundamental component to any project. Depending on the SDLC applied, requirements can be written in different forms. For example, some requirements will be very technically focused (technical requirements) and are written in a manner that dictates what a stakeholder expects the system to accomplish. Another approach taken, often with Agile-run projects, is to create a user […]

   One of Colossal Corporation’s import-export companies, Global Shippers, Inc., a New York–based company with facilities in over 37 countries including the United Kingdom, recently submitted a bid for an exclusive contract with the government of the small country Neristan. The contract would provide Global Shippers with the exclusive right to export goods from Neristan’s government-owned factories to the United States for distribution and sale. […]

1) Michigan-based Leo Corporation acquired 100 percent of the common stock of a British company on January 1, 20X8, for $1,100,000. The British subsidiary’s net assets amounted to 500,000 pounds on the date of acquisition. On January 1, 20X8, the book values of its identifiable assets and liabilities approximated their fair values. As a result of an analysis of functional currency indicators, Leo determined that […]

The reserve ratio is the portion of reservable liabilities that commercial banks must hold onto, rather than lend out or invest. This rate is determined by the Country’s Central Bank. The Cash Reserve Ratio of select Middle Eastern Countries are given below:  Bahrain (%) —  5.0  Oman (%) —  5.0  Saudi Arabia (%) —  7.0  United Arab Emirates (%) — 1.0  As can be seen, the cash reserve ratio of Saudi […]

  Getting Started As described in previous workshops, receiving constructive feedback from others is an integral aspect of the social work profession. Therefore, that feedback process has been integrated into every workshop in this course. Consider areas in which you and others have strengths or opportunities for growth. You are encouraged to offer and receive feedback with your classmates as openly as possible. Upon successful […]

For your final writing assignment, we are going to make use of all three persuasive techniques discussed in the class:  Logic, Emotion and Identity. Here’s the scenario.  The House of the Rising Sun, a new solar power company, is looking for a place to build its National Headquarters.  Write an essay in which you propose your town (whatever town you want that to be) as […]

1. Additional Funds NeededThe Booth Company’s sales are forecasted to double from $1,000 in 2012 to $2,000 in 2013. Here is the December 31, 2012, balance sheet:Cash $ 100 Accounts payable $ 50 Accounts receivable 200 Notes payable 150 Inventories 200 Accruals 50 Net fixed assets 500 Long-term debt 400 Common stock 100 Retained earnings 250 Total assets $1000 Total liabilities and equity $1000 Booth’s […]

   MGT 550 Week 4 Chapter 4 Quiz An increase in the complexity and uncertainty in the external environment increases the number of positions and departments within an organization. An intelligence team is a cross-functional group of managers and employees, usually led by a competitive intelligence professional. Resource dependence means that organizations depend on the environment but strive to acquire control over resources to minimize […]

   1.) Welding fumes are a common occupational exposure. Several different welding fumes can cause similar adverse health effects. Personal sampling of a welding operation at a manufacturing facility produced the following 8-hour time-weighted average (TWA) results for individual metal fumes. Please see attached document for sampling results.    Briefly summarize the primary health effects associated with overexposure to each type of metal fume, including […]