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  Dear BUS320 Class, Our first class discussion topic comes from Chapter 1 "The Revolution Is Just Beginning". Please watch the video case 1.1 below "The Importance of the Internet for E-commerce" and answer three questions from that video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQjaqn5BqfQ (Links to an external site.) Question 1: What are some examples cited in the video as to how a customer might use the internet on a typical morning? Question 2: Why is a company’s web presence important for attracting and retaining new customers? +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ You do not need to answer all three (3) questions above: Question 1 needs student X1 to answer it, student X1 will receive 4 points. Question 2 needs student X2 to answer it, student X2 will receive 4 points.   After student X1, X2, answered Question 1, 2,  (which means three classmates did their work before you get here),  you can choose two postings from two of those three classmates and provide your critique to each.  You will receive a full 2 points for each of your critique if the classmate's name was also provided at the beginning of your critique (everybody would benefit more if we can follow discussion thread exactly). Otherwise, you will not receive a full 2 points. Always, you must Unicheck before your posting.

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  Examine the data and look for missing values and typos. Conduct a visual examination of the data using appropriate charts and graphs such as a boxplot and a histogram. Determine that the data is normally distributed and formulate your hypothesis questions. You may have more than one. Use the regression software available in Excel to test the data for significance. Write a brief description of what you found and create 4-8 PowerPoint slides to be used in your class presentation.

  Discussion Question 1 – Summary & Critical Thinking – Week/Course Learning Outcomes   Welcome to the last week of your course. In this discussion question you have the opportunity to be creative and to relate what you have learned to your professional lives. Please explore and critically think about some of the learning outcomes and concepts presented in this course. Please effectively communicate how you would lead an organization (or a group of people within the organization) by applying the knowledge you have learned ethically and responsibly.  Your discussion should also include innovative thinking, and information-technology aspects (such as the Internet, social-media, computers, and so forth) that may assist you in decision-making. You may frame your discussion around any functional component of business, and in any context; problem-solving, management, leadership, organizational behavior, and so forth. CLA 2 Comprehensive Learning Assessment 2 – CLO 1, CLO 2, CLO 3, CLO 4, CLO 5, CLO 6, CLO 7, CLO 8 Carpet Baggers Inc. is proposing to construct a new bagging plant in a country in Europe. The two prime candidates are Germany and Switzerland. The forecasted cash flows from the proposed plants are as follows: The spot exchange rate for euros is $1.3/€, while the rate for Swiss francs is CHF 1.5/$. The interest rate is 5% in the United States, 4% in Switzerland, and 6% in the euro countries. The financial manager has suggested that, if the cash flows were stated in dollars, a return in excess of 10% would be acceptable.   Should the company go ahead with either project? If it must choose between them, which should it take? Please explain your answer in detail and provide in-text citations. *Please refer to the Grading Criteria for Comprehensive Learning Assessments (CLAs) in the University Policies for specific guidelines and expectations. CLA 2 Comprehensive Learning Assessment (CLA 2) Presentation In addition to your CLA 2 report, please prepare a professional PowerPoint presentation summarizing your findings for CLA 2. The presentation will consist of your major findings, analysis, and recommendations in a concise presentation of 18 slides (minimum). You should use content from your CLA 2 report as material for your PowerPoint presentation. In addition, you should include learning outcomes from all your major assignments. This would include PA 1, CLA 1, PA 2, and of course, CLA 2 (unless otherwise specified by your Professor). An agenda, executive summary, and references slides should also be included. Please keep in mind that the university is moving towards a more digital footprint for our students. This means that your final CLA 2 presentation may be recorded, so that you may include it in your “e-portfolio” (graduating students should have all of their CLA 2 presentations on a flash-drive, in addition to student biography, resume, interests, and so forth). Students will present their PowerPoint during the last week of class in either the On-Campus Class Session or the online Virtual Class Session, as determined by the professor. Presentations should not exceed 18 minutes. 

Competency In this project, you will demonstrate your mastery of the following competency: Differentiate between matters of law and matters of ethics in business situations Scenario A few years ago Clare Applewood started a small outdoor equipment business called Mountain Top View. The company is a sole proprietorship. The company began as a single storefront and has grown rapidly to include online ordering through the company website. The company’s website includes the statement, “We are committed to keeping customer information secure and protected.” Clare also uses social media sites to market the company. Carlos Rodriguez has worked for the company since the beginning. He oversees both store and online operations. Clare and Carlos make most decisions together. Steve, the company’s Information Technology lead, discovered that the company database of customer information was hacked. Customer names, addresses, and phone numbers were accessed for only those customers who placed online orders in the first quarter of the year. Steve was able to correct the code that allowed the hack and is confident that the database is now secure. When Carlos overhears Steve talking about the database fix in the store break room, he questions Steve about why he did not bring the breach to anyone’s attention. Steve explains that because he was able to quickly correct the code that led to the breach, and because only address and phone number information for a handful of customers was accessed, he didn’t think it was necessary to say anything. Clare asks Carlos to evaluate whether the company has an ethical and/or legal obligation to report the breach to their customers and to recommend a course of action. She also asks Carlos to select an ethical test or framework that all employees can use in the future to help guide their decisions. Directions Report Evaluate whether the company has an ethical and/or legal obligation to report the breach to its customers. Your evaluation should be framed as a report for the owner, Clare, that includes the following sections and information. Cite your sources using APA style. Introduction Include a definition of ethics and explanation of how ethics compares to law. Provide an explanation of corporate social responsibility and how it relates to ethical business practices. Analysis Provide a summary of the ethical and/or legal issues involved in this situation. Briefly describe the relevant stakeholders, the key facts, and the potential implications or impact of the situation. Recommendation Provide your recommendation for a course of action supported by relevant resources, such as specific laws and commonly accepted ethical practices. Explain the reasoning behind your recommendation and use reliable sources, such as the textbook and other course resources, to support your position. Conclusion: Describe how advances in technology in today’s business world have both legal and ethical implications. Ethical Test or Framework Select a test or framework for all employees in this company to use. Demonstrate how it can be used when faced with an ethical dilemma. Cite your sources using APA style. Test or framework Select a test or framework option from among those described in the textbook. Name the option you selected and describe the test or framework, including its advantages and potential shortcomings. Explain why the test or framework that you selected is appropriate for this company; justify your selection. Apply the test or framework to the scenario to demonstrate how Steve could have used it to guide his decision making and actions. What to Submit To complete this project, you must submit the following: Report Your submission should be a 3- to 5-page Word document with 12-point Times New Roman font, double spacing, and one-inch margins. Sources should be cited according to APA style. Ethical Test or Framework Your submission should be a 1- to 2-page Word document with 12-point Times New Roman font, double spacing, and one-inch margins. Sources should be cited according to APA style. Legal Cafe Recording (raw link: http://snhu.adobeconnect.com/p8k3206jjtcg/ )

In this case and others like it, I don't believe that anyone should have an expectation of privacy for personal information while they are using work computers or any public technology.  The employer who owns the devices used by their employees has the right to know what their devices are being used for and should have the right to monitor these devices whether they are on site. It would not be fair to the company if they couldn't access their devices. I believe that the company that owns the device has free will to go through whatever is on the device and its on the employee to take responsibility for everything that they did on it. Based on this description and the information about the case provided in the module Resources area: Should employees who utilize their work computers to store or send personal information, or to surf the internet, have an expectation of privacy for personal information, data, and emails generated, accessed, or stored on their work computers? Explain your perspective. In your response posts to your peers, offer your own perspectives and experience.

Instructions In this project, you have the opportunity to study a question (or a set of questions) of your interest related to human capital analysis. There is no restriction on what data to use, what statistical software to run, or what statistical tests you may use to answer the question. There are only three requirements/guidelines: The question you propose to study needs to be interesting and meaningful in practice, meaning that 1) there is no obvious answer to the question without any data analysis, and 2) answering the question could enhance the practice of human capital management. It also needs to be related to at least one of the topics covered in the course (e.g., diversity, engagement, turnover, performance, recruitment, etc.). To answer the question, you need to tap into more than one dataset. There are various ways to do so. You could join two datasets together according to a common identifier variable. You could also use different datasets to study different aspects of the problem (e.g., each dataset for a different industry). For example, if you are interested in studying how job experience affects job performance, you could tap into one dataset, “Chapter 6 Individual Turnover”, to analyze the relationship between “AppraisalRating” and “LengthOfService”, and another dataset, say “Chapter 7 with performance 2014 2015 and Sick2014”, for a more comprehensive view that includes not only job tenure and performance rating but also other variables such as job strain. Since our course focuses on analytical methods, your answer to the question should include not only conceptual arguments but also statistical evidence. In general, I would expect at least five statistical tests/procedures in your analysis. These could be different procedures or variations of the same procedure. For example, when studying job tenure, you could treat it as a numerical variable and run linear regression with job tenure being an independent variable. You could also treat it as a categorical variable and run another linear regression after dummy coding (like we do in Week 5 to address the non-linear effect of age).

1) Evaluate the financial condition of New Earth Mining. Is the firm doing well as it considers this diversification project in South Africa? Or is the firm on shaky ground? (2) Explain the financing arrangement. It's complicated, but not so bad taken piece-by-piece. What role does China, Japan, and South Korea play? What other financing arrangements has the firm established? (3) How does the financing arrangement likely reduce New Earth's political risk in South Africa? (4) You're given four different approaches to valuing this investment. (And I super like this part of the case, because it's real: Capital projects rarely get evaluated in one simply way, just like a textbook problem.) Make sure you understand each approach and can confirm the resulting NPV. (5) What kind of evaluation do you get when you apply APV, as we have done in class? This is a fifth approach to the investment. (6) What do you recommend the company do and why?

 As an analyst at a Policy Think Tank (choose one between – Brookings Institute, Center for American Progress, Rand Corporation, or Heritage Foundation), you must write a research article on whether US automobile makers should tackle climate change issues. For the article you must conduct analysis about the impact to Global Warning and Greenhouse gases that the Big Three US automobile manufacturers contribute and whether they should seek to mitigate. Your analysis must consider the pros and cons of Electrical Vehicle (EV) manufacturing and make recommendations about whether your assigned company should reduce, continue or expand production of EVs in place of fossil-fuel powered vehicles. The impetus for this article is to summarize how EV production by US automobile manufacturers impact climate change and to publish an article on whether the EV production by US manufacturers should be continued at same levels, expanded, or reduced. The period of study is from 2010 to present.  My Assigned firm is Stellantis