Overview
This activity will help prepare you for the assignment in Week 3. For
Overview
This activity will help prepare you for the assignment in Week 3. For this activity, you will choose an organization to research and create questions to ask as part of that research.
General requirements – PLEASE READ THEM CAREFULLY
– All answered must be sub
General requirements – PLEASE READ THEM CAREFULLY
– All answered must be submitted on WORD FORMAT only and typed using Times New Roman (size 12, double-spaced) font. No pictures containing text will be accepted).
– Cover Page is mandatory.
– Cite at least five reputable sources to support your arguments and claims.
– Use proper citation formatting.
– Use proper referencing (APA style) to reference, other styles will not be accepted.
– Support your submission with course material concepts, principles, and theories from the textbook and at least two scholarly, peer-reviewed journal articles unless the assignment calls for more.
– Should be approximately 1000-1200 words in length.
Outcomes to be Covered: –
– Apply supply and demand model to determine market equilibrium. (LO 5)
– Discuss the key microeconomic concepts of scarcity, opportunity cost, comparative advantage, and externalities (LO 2)
– Analyse the factors of production and their respective economic returns (LO 4)
Reference Source:
Textbook and other files will be shared through google drive after agreement.
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1,000 words plus table Details: You are the owner of a small bread factory an
1,000 words plus table Details: You are the owner of a small bread factory and are thinking of lowering costs and expanding. Your small-business advisors suggested that you first review your operations and make some technological changes. Complete the following
Explain what a technological change is and how you can use it to lower your costs.
Assume that you thought of something innovative to change your process. Would it help you in the short run? How? The next thing that your small business advisors asked you to do was to break down your costs and see what you can reduce.
Develop a table that you believe shows the explicit fixed costs of the bread factory and the total amount of the costs
Describe your variable costs.
Because you are not an expert yet on analyzing costs and optimal production levels, you decide to do a very simple analysis of your short-run fixed and variable costs if you expand. You decide that your only fixed cost will be the ovens and the variable costs will be the workers. Quantity of Workers Quantity of Ovens Quantity of Loaves of Bread Produced Cost of Ovens Cost of Workers Per Instructions
1.Graph the total cost and the average total cost.
2.Calculate the marginal product of labor, and add it to the table.
3.Calculate the average product of labor, and add it to the table.
4.What is the significance if one is greater than the other?
5.Although there seems to be a great demand for your bread, why would productivity decline when you hire more labor in the short run? How would that reflect on your production graph?
6. What are your marginal costs?
7.At what point do your marginal costs and your total costs intersect?
8.What happens to the total costs after this point?
9.Calculate your average total costs, your average fixed costs, and your average variable costs.
10.Is your marginal cost greater than or less than your average variable cost or your average total cost? What does that mean? Where do you want your marginal costs to be?
11. What happens to your average variable costs as your output goes up? Why is that?
12.Explain why in the bread-making business that, in the long run, all costs are variable and the average total costs equals the average variable costs. How would expanding the business affect the economies of scale? When would you have constant return to scale and diseconomies of scale? Provide examples.
13.Where is the optimal level of production and the optimal level of prices in the short run? Is there enough information to make a decision for the long run? What information do you need?
What should the NFL do to address the public relations problems they’re having?
How organizations are perceived by the public is linked directly to engagement and profitability. As one aspect of marketing communications, public relations can be an important positive or negative for an organization. As an example, the NFL (National Football League) has been in a PR crisis for the last couple of seasons. They’ve had two major issues constantly in the news: the CTE epidemic (Chronic traumatic encephalopathy) and the controversy over NFL player related conduct issues, like sexual abuse and domestic violence. Relevant articles on these two issues are included below for your reference; many more are available.
Hernández, V. (2023). Boston University provides update on CTE study, discovers brain disease in 92 percent of ex-NFL players analyzed.
Schuman, N. (2022). Deshaun Watson Suspension Initiates PR Crisis Mode for NFL, Browns.
Analyze the impact that these issues have had on the popularity of the NFL. In your opinion, which has been worse for popular sentiment related to the NFL?
What should the NFL do to address the public relations problems they’re having?
Please respond to the following:
Use the Internet to research the U.S. health care delivery system and the health care system of two other countries in regard to spending per capita and ranking of health care outcomes. Compare and contrast the U.S. health care delivery system relative to spending per capita and the ranking of health care outcomes with the health care system of two other countries. Provide at least one aspect of the systems from each country selected to support your response.
Please respond to the following:
Use the Internet to research the U.S. health care delivery system and the health care system of two other countries in regard to spending per capita and ranking of health care outcomes. Compare and contrast the U.S. health care delivery system relative to spending per capita and the ranking of health care outcomes with the health care system of two other countries. Provide at least one aspect of the systems from each country selected to support your response.
Use (at least) 3 references
Use speaker notes
Include 12-15 total slides
Use a diversity of words and relevant visuals
Choose a dynamic PowerPoint template
Include a Title Slide & Reference Slide
Use the 6 X 6 rule for creating the PowerPoint slides for a succinct delivery
Use the guidance below to cover all elements along with the course resources related to corporate social responsibility.
Ben & Jerry company the basis for your research.
Research the Ben & Jerry company’s record in CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility). Consider their domestic and international reputation.
Provide background on Corporate Social Responsibility (why and when CSR started and why companies need to have CSR policies?).
Provide background on Ben & Jerry company (type of business/product/service).
According to the research, how effective is the company in regard to CSR? Use the enclosed article as background on various CSR initiatives that top companies are pursuing. CSR Initiatives
Describe specific examples of corporate actions/programs/initiatives taken by company . How effective are their initiatives? How are they measuring CSR success?
Does a company’s approach to CSR influence your purchasing decisions? Why or why not?
Does the Cryptography Team behave as a Mechanistic or Organic Organization? Give specific examples.
Case 2 The Imitation Game. Answer the 2 questions below.
watch clips from “The Imitation Game”
Cast:
Charles DanceLinks to an external site.-Cdr. Alastair DennistonLinks to an external site.
Benedict CumberbatchLinks to an external site.-Alan TuringLinks to an external site.
Keira KnightleyLinks to an external site.-Joan ClarkeLinks to an external site.
Matthew GoodeLinks to an external site.-Hugh AlexanderLinks to an external site.
Matthew BeardLinks to an external site.-Peter HiltonLinks to an external site.
Plot:
When Britain declares war on Germany in 1939, Alan Turing travels to Bletchley Park. Under the direction of Commander Alastair DennistonLinks to an external site., he joins the cryptography team of Hugh AlexanderLinks to an external site., John CairncrossLinks to an external site., Peter HiltonLinks to an external site., Keith Furman and Charles Richards. The team are trying to analyzeLinks to an external site. the Enigma machineLinks to an external site., which the Nazis use to send coded messages.
Turing is difficult to work with, and considers his colleagues inferior; he works alone to design a machineLinks to an external site. to decipher Enigma messages. After Denniston refuses to fund construction of the machine, Turing writes to Prime Minister Winston ChurchillLinks to an external site., who puts Turing in charge of the team and funds the machine.
Turing’s machine, which he names Christopher, is constructed, but cannot determine the Enigma encryption settings quickly enough; the Germans reset them each day. Denniston orders it to be destroyed and Turing fired, but the other cryptographers threaten to leave if Turing goes.
After overhearing a conversation with a female clerk about messages she receives, Turing has an epiphanyLinks to an external site., realizing he can program the machine to decode words he already knows exist in certain messages. After he recalibrates the machine, it quickly decodes a message and the cryptographers celebrate. Turing realizes they cannot act on every decoded message or the Germans will realize Enigma has been broken.
Answers to these questions as a file (DOC) attachment below:
1-) Does the Cryptography Team behave as a Mechanistic or Organic Organization? Give specific examples.
2-) What type of organization does Commander Dennisen believe he has created, Mechanistic or Organic? Is he correct? Why or why not?
Case 1 The Departed. Answer the 3 questions below.
Watch clips from “The Departed”
Cast:
Jack Nicholson-Frank Costello
Alec Baldwin-Captain George Ellerby
Matt Damon-Colin Sullivan
Leonardo DiCaprio-Billy Costigan
Mark Wahlberg-Sergeant Sean Dignam
Martin Sheen-Captain Oliver Queenan
Plot:
Irish MobLinks to an external site. boss Francis “Frank” Costello (Nicholson) plants Colin Sullivan (Damon) as a moleLinks to an external site. within the Massachusetts State PoliceLinks to an external site.’s Special Investigation’s Unit (SIU). Ironically, the entire purpose of the SIU is to stop members of organized crime such as Frank Costello. Simultaneously, the police assign undercover state trooper William “Billy” Costigan (DiCaprio) to infiltrate Costello’s crew. When both sides realize the situation, Sullivan and Costigan each attempt to discover the other’s identity before they are found out.
Answers to these questions as a file (DOC) attachment below:
1-) Is the Special Investigations Unit set up as a functional structure or a divisional structure?
2-) Given the concerns expressed by Sergeant Sean Dignam at the end of the clip, why is a divisional structure most appropriate for the SIU?
3-) What specific dangers might Billy Costigan face if the SIU were a functional structure?
This week’s discussion will ask you to apply Froeb’s analytic method to a real-life example. Part of this example is related to the Robinson-Patman Act. Review the following to prepare for the discussion:
Price Discrimination: Robinson-Patman ViolationsLinks to an external site..
Lessons From the Wreck of the Torrey CanyonLinks to an external site..
Your instructor may also post additional resources to help further explain concepts related to this week’s discussion.
Context
This week’s discussion will provide you with an opportunity to apply Froeb’s analytic method.
Keep the following in mind:
Who made the bad decision?
What information did they have? Was it good, bad, or unclear?
What was their incentive?
Instructions
Read the following and then respond to the discussion prompt:
Intel made large loyalty payments to HP in exchange for HP buying most of its chips from Intel instead of rival AMD. AMD sued Intel under the antitrust laws, and Intel settled the case by paying $1.25 billion to AMD.