Category: Business and management

Introduction

In this problem set, youll apply valuation formulas to determine whether specific stocks and bonds are fairly priced. Youll calculate intrinsic values, compare them to market prices, and interpret what those differences mean for investors.

Your textbook reading for this week, and the exercises in Activity 5.2 include all of the formulas and information you need to complete this activity.

You can also refer to Appendix E: Using Excel to Solve Financial Exercises in your textbook for additional guidance.

Activity Instructions

1. Download the .
2. Use Excel to complete the following:

• Bond Valuation: Calculate bond prices given coupon rate, yield to maturity (YTM), and years to maturity.
• Stock Valuation: Use the Dividend Discount Model (DDM) and the constant growth model.
• P/E Ratio Valuation: Estimate stock price using earnings and industry P/E ratios.

1. Compare your calculated intrinsic values to the given market prices.
2. Write a short interpretation explaining what your results suggest. Are the securities overvalued, undervalued, or fairly priced?

Example: If a bonds intrinsic value is $1,040 but the market price is $990, it may be undervalued, suggesting a potential buying opportunity.

At the end of your submission, include a brief Design Statement explaining the process and tools you used to develop your work. Your statement should be about a paragraph or so, in your own words (rather than formally written), and unique to this assignment. Why are we asking for this? Find out more about .

Tips for Success

• Double-check compounding periods. Most bond problems use annual or semi-annual.
• Use Excel functions such as =PV() and =RATE() to save time and ensure accuracy.
• Focus on explaining your reasoning, not just showing numbers.

Writing and Submission Requirements

• Submit your completed Excel file with visible formulas.
• Include a brief written summary of 1-2 paragraphs (Word documents only).
• Use APA format for citations
• Refer to the for additional grading criteria
• Include your Design Statement

Weekly Learning Goal(s):

1. Calculate the intrinsic value of bonds and stocks.
2. Distinguish between different types of stocks and bonds.
3. Apply valuation techniques to real-world investment decisions.

This weeks exercise is about scanning the industry (competitive) environment for a Montana-based brewery called Montana Hop Brew. To complete this weeks exercise, students will read the case, complete a Porters Five Forces analysis (using the template provided), and answer the two discussion questions. Kennedy (2020) provides a table for each of the forces that should be used for reference. For guidance, an example answer is provided for threat of potential entrants below.

Porters Five Forces

1. Post the complete template.
2. What is the greatest threat based on your analysis? Why?
3. What is the greatest opportunity based on your analysis? Why?

*Responses should be between three to five sentences per question

**Questions will be graded based on (i) clarity and organization of writing, and (ii) explicit references to information from the completed exercise and text(s)

Course Project Instructions This course is designed to provide an overview of applied business research and research planning. At the end of your engagement with the course materials and presentations, you should submit a research prospectus. The prospectus is a short form of a fully conceptualized research proposal. prospectus should include: An introduction section which presents the overall idea of the research. This section should include your research problem, purpose statement, and research questions. You should make sure you cite all references in this section. You should present the overview of the problem, your research questions, problem statement, and information about how your research fills a gap or contributes to knowledge within a content area. A short review of literature. Be sure to consider the most important topics to present to support your plan. You should present literature review which supports the purpose and value of your research, highlighting how your plan contributes to the knowledge area of your topic. Be sure to properly cite all references in text. You should be sure to include sections, deliniated with APA formatted headings, which highlight the past relevant literature which informs your topic. A planned methodology. You should present how you would undertake the research for the topic you have selected. Be sure to suggest details about your method, why it is appropriate, and the type of data you would want to collect. This should include cited references relevant to the methodology you’ve selected. An APA formatted Works Cited. As relevant, an appendix section which includes any data collection instruments, a letter of informed consent, and any other important artifacts. While this does not have to be the final project you undertake to complete the DBA, you should do your best to select a viable, researchable topic. Be sure to properly cite all sources in-text and in the Works Cited. Proper APA format is required and your paper should be, at minimum, 15 pages (excluding front and back matter). You will also submit a corresponding virtual presentation which should be presented as an overview of the content of your paper. The presentation should be at least 5 slides of content in length and present the planned research in a manner relevant for an academic audience.

As the change leader for Delta Pacific Company (DPC), you know you need to determine potential organizational barriers to change for the company’s goal of changing the culture from the more traditional manufacturing environment to one of a contemporary consulting environment. See DPC Document Attached.

Now it’s time to create your strategy to combat barriers to change:

• Assess the potential barriers to changing an organizational culture
• Analyze change strategies appropriate for this type of change
• Determine potential employee resistance behaviors
• Determine the best way to influence employees in the right direction

Since you are the change leader, it is your responsibility to consider that there will be organizational and human barriers to change. As part of your role, you should take proactive measures and design a change strategy to address potential barriers and resistance.

Conduct academic research and create a plan to present to the CEO and board in which you complete the following change strategy for barriers and resistance:

• Explanation of potential organizational barriers that are most likely to occur for this type of change.
• Description of the employee resistance behaviors.
• Explanation of your strategy to overcome the barriers and resistance.
• Discussion of your strategy recommendations to overcome barriers and influence employees in the right direction.
• Remember that this is a proposal. Make sure to format your paper properly for your proposal. A proposal is a persuasive document, so make sure to use proper language and tone. Remember, you are the change leader, and you are writing to the CEO. So use a tone in your proposal that is specific to your audience (the CEO).

Rubric:

• Provides a thorough explanation of potential organizational barriers most likely to occur for this type of change. Includes detailed alignment to organizational culture change.
• Provides a thorough description of employee resistance behaviors. Includes detailed alignment to organizational culture change.
• Provides thorough strategy to overcome barriers and resistance. Correctly uses terminology for barriers and resistance.
• Provides a thorough explanation of each recommendation in strategy.

Phase 1

For this assignment, you will take on the role of a CAC Company representative and prepare a summary for an arbitration hearing. This assignment is designed to demonstrate your ability to handle complex situations by providing solid support for your positions. See Attachment on Arbitration Project – This is focused on Phase 1.

Assignment Instructions

Your summary should include the following sections:

• Demographics of CAC Employees
• Include the average pay rates for different employee groups hourly and salaried.
• Summarize how long employees have typically worked for CAC.
• List the common job titles and roles held within the company.
• Total Labor Costs
• Calculate the total labor cost, which includes wages, Paid Time Off, and benefits.
• Current Contract Terms
• Summarize the key terms of the current labor contract that will expire at the end of this month. Be sure to include important clauses, such as pay structure, benefits, and any unique terms that impact employees or management.
• Future Negotiations
• Discuss any potential challenges or issues that could arise in future negotiations. Address relevant factors like labor demands, management’s position, and industry trends.
• Demands in Arbitration
• List and summarize the demands from both labor and management that will be addressed during the arbitration hearing.
• Overview of Arbitration Outcome
• Provide a detailed summary of the outcome of the arbitration regarding labor costs and demands. Focus on how contract costs were addressed, what labor demands were satisfied, and the final agreement reached via arbitration.

Be sure to present your information in a clear, analytical format. Use headings and bullet points where appropriate to improve readability.

Phase 1

For this assignment, you will take on the role of a CAC Company representative and prepare a summary for an arbitration hearing. This assignment is designed to demonstrate your ability to handle complex situations by providing solid support for your positions. See Attachment on Arbitration Project – This is focused on Phase 1.

Assignment Instructions

Your summary should include the following sections:

• Demographics of CAC Employees
• Include the average pay rates for different employee groups hourly and salaried.
• Summarize how long employees have typically worked for CAC.
• List the common job titles and roles held within the company.
• Total Labor Costs
• Calculate the total labor cost, which includes wages, Paid Time Off, and benefits.
• Current Contract Terms
• Summarize the key terms of the current labor contract that will expire at the end of this month. Be sure to include important clauses, such as pay structure, benefits, and any unique terms that impact employees or management.
• Future Negotiations
• Discuss any potential challenges or issues that could arise in future negotiations. Address relevant factors like labor demands, management’s position, and industry trends.
• Demands in Arbitration
• List and summarize the demands from both labor and management that will be addressed during the arbitration hearing.
• Overview of Arbitration Outcome
• Provide a detailed summary of the outcome of the arbitration regarding labor costs and demands. Focus on how contract costs were addressed, what labor demands were satisfied, and the final agreement reached via arbitration.

Be sure to present your information in a clear, analytical format. Use headings and bullet points where appropriate to improve readability.

Guidelines of the application Papers:

Problem analysis– Select an actual problem/ issue from an organization that you have read about or have seen in the organization that interested you. The paper should focus on identifying the problem and evidence supporting your interpretation of the problem. -Identify an issue(s), discuss the issue(s), and provide a solution to the issue(s).

Application of Organizational Behavior Theories and Concepts: Select theories and concepts from the organizational behavior textbook that offer guidance in solving these problems. Justify your choice of theories and explain their relevance. The textbook is a starting point but you must go beyond the textbook. Researching peer reviewed academic journal articles is a requirement (see the grading rubric).

Suggested Solutions– Outline the steps that the key decision-maker(s) should take and justify your suggestions. Your suggested plan of action must be derived from the theories you have discussed. In some cases, you must develop a solution that integrates multiple theories. Your plan of action must be specific and include enough detail that the decision-maker(s) could begin implementation.

Specifications for the Final Application Paper

USE ANY THEORIES AND CONCEPTS FROM THE TEXTBOOK AND RELATE OR APPLY THE THEORIES TO YOUR CHOSEN ORGANIZATION

• Type report using MSWord
• Title Page with Title of the assignment, Students Names, Date, Course, & Instructors Name
• Table of Content format
• Length of report:minimum 5-7 pages, double spaced, text font size 12 (titles and headers maybe 12-16). The title page, table of contents, abstract, references, and appendices are not included in the 7 pages
• APA style
• Appendix format (research information, charts, graphs or others visuals should be placed in the Appendix section, when appropriate)
• Bibliography (sources of information, cited references, etc.)
• Peer Reviewed Journal Articles (see list example provided)
• The textbook can be used as a reference
• Students must use a minimum of 5 sources. Three must be Peer Reviewed sources, one may be the textbook, and one may be any source available. The minimum is 5, but it is recommended to have 10 sources (A quality papers normally cite 10-15 different sources)

Individuals will use a minimum of 5 sources for the application paper. A paper with less than 5 sources

EL Part I. Details of the firm, management, products and services, domestic and international operations, and HTS classification codes of your firm’s core products.

Your firm’s background information: Review your firms website (including press reports and videos, if any) to learn about the firm, its ownership and management, products and services offered, export markets, brand name/reputation, and other relevant details.If your firm is also importing (raw materials, parts, or outsourcing any of their production, check if the firm is impacted by tariffs or any other constraints.

Study the HTS numbering system, HTSUS Code, and Schedule B numbering systems that explain the purpose of the product classification system in export/import transactions. Based on your knowledge of the numbering systems, determine the 10-digit HTS Classification code (s) for some of the firms products.

1. What is the difference between HTS, HTSUS, and Schedule B Numbering? Determine if your Firm requires a Schedule B number. Select one or more core products and determine the product’s HTS classification code(s).

Identify any of the key executives responsible for Marketing and international business. Submit 5 key questions that you would like to pose to the CEO/President or an executive in charge of marketing/exporting to know about the firm’s international business.

Submit a 5page report in double space; include a bibliography and a list of AI prompts and tools like CHATGPT or any other AI tools used.

Contact: Try to contact the firm and familiarize yourself with the firm; while contacting, introduce yourself as an undergraduate student in the Export-Import Marketing course at Montclair State University. Besides contacting the firm, you can also reach the U.S. Department of Commerce Export Assistance Center located in Newark, NJ; Ph. 973 645 4682; https://www.export.gov/newjersey (https://www.export.gov/new); (https://www.export.gov/new) EXIMBank ( Https://exim.gov (https://exim.gov/)), NJ District Export Council (https://njdec.org (https://njdec.org/)), and USSBA, Newark (https://www.sba.gov (https://www.sba.gov/) )

Submit one report only. The Group leader is responsible for submitting the report in Canvas.The group leader should certify that everybody in the group contributed equally. The report should reflect group thinking, and your grade depends on collective work.

Touchstone 2: Did Jim and Laura Buy a Car?

SCENARIO: Jim and Laura Buyer visit the local car dealership because they are interested in buying a new car. The car they currently have is aging and is starting to have mechanical problems. Jim and Laura would share the new car, and use it to go back and forth to work and school. Before going to the dealership, Jim and Laura decide that they can only afford $400.00 a month in car payments.

Once at the car dealership, Jim and Laura meet Stan Salesman. Stan shows them several vehicles and Jim and Laura test-drive several of the cars. Jim and Laura particularly like the blue 4-door sedan. Therefore, they agree to give Stan Salesman a $100.00 deposit to hold the car for a day. Stan Salesman does not give them the receipt but guarantees that the $100.00 is refundable. No documents were signed.

The next day, Stan Salesman calls Jim and Laura to ask them when they would like to take delivery of the car. Jim and Laura, on the way home from the dealership, decided that they were not going to buy the car because they did not want to spend that money each month. Therefore, Jim and Laura tell Stan Salesman that they have decided not to buy the car and request their $100.00 deposit back.

Stan insists that the $100.00 was a deposit on the car and was meant to be part of the contract to buy the car. Stan is very persistent and insistent that Jim and Laura have contracted to buy the car; therefore, the $100.00 will be applied to the purchase price of the car. Jim and Laura are shocked and angry as not only do they not want to spend the money, but now feel as though they are being duped by Stan Salesman.

Jim and Laura have an appointment to see a lawyer in a few days, but know you are a student taking a business law class and come to you for advice. They are very frazzled, and understandably upset that they may have just purchased a car. Since you have been taking business law, you have read and understand the elements of a contract and the defenses to a contract. Therefore, although you are not a lawyer, you provide some basic advice from what youve learned in your business law class.

ASSIGNMENT: Advise Jim and Laura based on the above facts as presented and the material covered in the lessons by answering each section in the template below. In this touchstone, be sure to address the following:

1. Identify the elements that must be present for a legal contract to exist. Define each element using examples.
2. Determine the facts from the scenario that you will use to support your decision on whether or not a contract exists for the purchase of the automobile.
3. Decide whether or not there was a contract for the purchase of the automobile.
4. Include two (2) quality academic resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and other websites do not qualify as quality academic resources.

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A. Directions

Step 1: Answer Questions

Follow the directions for each part of the . Include your response and all relevant elements under the Requirement section. Prompts in the Inspiration section are not required; however, they may help you to fully think through your response.

Part 1: Contract Definition

Identify the elements that must be present for a legal contract to exist. Define each element using examples.

Part 2: Case Support

Determine the facts from the scenario that you will use to support your decision on whether or not Jim and Laura entered a contract with Stan Salesman for the purchase of the automobile.

Part 3: Case Judgment

Based on the facts in Part 2, decide whether or not there was a contract for the purchase of the automobile.

Part 4: Sources & Conventions

Include two academic references to support your judgment and review your document for standard English writing conventions.

Step 2: Review Rubric

Review the rubric to ensure that you understand how you will be evaluated. Contact the Sophia Learning Learner Support team with any questions.

Step 3: Review Checklist and Requirements

Review the checklist and requirements to ensure that your Touchstone is complete.

Step 4: Submit

Submit your completed Touchstone 2 Template using the blue button at the top of this page.

Refer to the checklist below throughout the writing process. Do not submit your Touchstone until it meets these guidelines.

1. Contract Definition

Have you identified the elements of a legal contract?

Have you defined each element?

Have you provided an example for each element?

Have you included reference citations as appropriate?

2. Case Support

Have you identified relevant facts from the scenario?

Have you written a clear explanation of how these facts support your decision?

Have you included reference citations as appropriate?

3. Case Judgment

Have you clearly stated your decision on the existence of a contract for purchase of the automobile?

Have you defended your decision with relevant facts from Part 2 about the scenario that support your choice?

4. Sources & Conventions

Have you provided two high quality academic references?

Have you explained how each source relates to and supports your judgment on the case?

Have you reviewed the touchstone for proper academic and/or professional writing conventions?

B. Rubric Advanced (100%)Proficient (85%)Acceptable (75%)Needs Improvement (50%)Non-Performance (0%)Contract Definition

Define the elements of a legal contract using examples from the scenario where applicable. (25%)

Thoroughly defined the elements of a legal contract using examples from the scenario where applicable.Satisfactorily defined the elements of a legal contract using examples from the scenario where applicable. Partially defined the elements of a legal contract using examples from the scenario where applicable.Insufficiently defined the elements of a legal contract using examples from the scenario where applicable.Did not submit or incompletely defined the elements of a legal contract using examples from the scenario where applicable. Case Support

Identify the facts from the scenario which support your decision on whether or not a contract exists for the purchase of the automobile. (25%)

Thoroughly identified the facts from the scenario which support your decision on whether or not a contract exists for the purchase of the automobile.Satisfactorily identified the facts from the scenario which support your decision on whether or not a contract exists for the purchase of the automobile.Partially identified the facts from the scenario which support your decision on whether or not a contract exists for the purchase of the automobile. Insufficiently identified the facts from the scenario which support your decision on whether or not a contract exists for the purchase of the automobile.Did not submit or incompletely identified the facts from the scenario which support your decision on whether or not a contract exists for the purchase of the automobile. Case Judgment

Decide whether or not there was a contract for the purchase of the automobile. (25%)

Thoroughly decided whether or not there was a contract for the purchase of the automobile. Satisfactorily decided whether or not there was a contract for the purchase of the automobile. Partially decided whether or not there was a contract for the purchase of the automobile. Insufficiently decided whether or not there was a contract for the purchase of the automobile. Did not submit or incompletely decided whether or not there was a contract for the purchase of the automobile.Sources

Include two academic references to support your judgment. (15%)

Meets number of required references; all references high quality choices.Meets number of required references; most references high quality choices.Meets the required number of references; most references poor quality choices.Does not meet the required number of references; most references poor quality choices.No references provided; or, does not meet the required number of references; all references poor quality choices.Conventions

Follow conventions for standard written English. (10%)

There are only a few, if any, negligible errors in grammar, punctuation, spelling, capitalization, formatting, and usage.There are occasional minor errors in grammar, punctuation, spelling, capitalization, formatting, and usage.There are some significant errors in grammar, punctuation, spelling, capitalization, formatting, and usage.There are frequent significant errors in grammar, punctuation, spelling, capitalization, formatting, and usage.There are consistent significant errors in grammar, punctuation, spelling, capitalization, formatting, and usage.

C. Requirements

The following requirements must be met for your submission to be graded:

• Written responses must be 750-1000 words combined for all prompts.
• Use a readable 11- or 12-point font.
• All writing must be appropriate for an academic context.
• Composition must be original and written for this assignment and all writing must be appropriate for an academic context.
• Plagiarism of any kind is strictly prohibited.
• Submission must include your name, the name of the course, and the date.
• Include all of the assignment components in a single (.doc and .docx) file.

This is a coursework essay for BUAD 1904. The topic is: Assess the main contributing factors that can compromise the integrity of records in Caribbean organisations in the twenty-first century and the role of management in mitigating these factors. The essay must be between 19002000 words, double spaced, Times New Roman, size 12. APA referencing style is required with at least three book sources. The essay must critically assess the factors and evaluate the role of management. Proper grammar, logical sequencing, and academic writing are required.