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Answer the following questions. Remember to show your calculations. If you use Microsoft Excel to calculate, you must share your file.  A. You have started saving up for retirement, which you plan to start in 20 years. You will save up on 2,000 euros at the end of each year starting immediately. With 7% interest compounded yearly, how much would you expect to have when you retire in 20 years?  B. Starting next year, you would like to receive 1,000 euros at the end of each year for 10 years. You receive a compound interest of 5% yearly. How much should you invest today?  C. You have been offered a financial product that offer 9% compounded monthly for 20 years. From next month, you need 300 euros per month. How much should you invest today?  D. If you invest 800 euros at the end of each year in a financial product that offers 4% compounded yearly, how long will it take before you have 10,000 euros?

Discussion-1  How do fiscal and monetary policies under the fixed exchange rate in Saudi Arabia help the country to increase the living standard? What are the goals of the monetary and fiscal policies, and how are they achieved? What are the challenges that the country may encounter on the journey to achieve these goals? Discussion-2  Discuss one of the Saudi Vision 2030 economic objectives. What are the policy instruments to achieve this objective? Consider policies and perspectives that you have observed through this course. Provide a specific example that you identified

You can download a copy of the following material by clicking here: The Nudge Project. Definition: “A nudge is any aspect of the choice architecture that alters behavior in a predictable way without forbidding any options or significantly changing their economic incentives. To count as a mere nudge, the intervention must be easy and cheap to avoid. Nudges are not mandates. Putting the fruit at eye level counts as a nudge. Banning junk food does not.” (Thaler and Sunstein, 2008, p. 6). Assignment: A major component of this course involves reading Thaler and Sunstein’s Nudge, and completing the nudge project. This project involves (1) identifying an organizational problem/issue; (2) designing an effective nudging strategy to address the problem/issue; and (3) writing an essay that describes the problem and nudge strategy you have developed. First, you need to identify a problem. The problem doesn’t have to be monumental. Think about problems at your work, church, softball team, etc. Select a problem that directly impacts you and/or those around you. The more familiar you are with the problem, the better! You need to complete this step of the project no later than Week #3 of the course. I will ask you to submit a brief abstract/summary of your project in Week #3. Second, you will design an effective nudge strategy. For this part of the project, it will be helpful to read A Practioner’s Guide to Nudging, by Mazar, Zhao, and Soman. They suggest a four-step process for developing a nudging strategy. Begin the nudging process by auditing “the decision-making process of the end user.” That is, you should identify the critical factors and actions that ultimately lead to the problem. These factors (bottlenecks) are possible areas where a nudging strategy might pay off. It is a good idea to develop a “decision map” like Figure 2 on page 16 of A Practioner’s Guide. Also, you may want to work through the worksheet in Appendix 2 of A Practioner’s Guide. This will help you identify the factors (bottlenecks) that ultimately lead to the problem. The third step in the process is to select the nudge(s). Mazar, Zhao, and Soman suggest that you think through the following four questions: Is the individual aware of what they need to do but are unable to accomplish it, or does a desired behavior/action need to be activated? Are they motivated enough to impose a nudge on themselves? Is the action more likely to be taken with increased cognition, or are individuals currently hampered by cognitive overload? Is the desired action not being accomplished because of a competing action, or due to inertia? Consequently, should we aim to discourage the competing action or encourage the target action? In this stage of the process, you want to give careful thought to the behavioral influences and heuristics that may be contributing to the problem. In step four of the process, you want to identify the constraints that may hinder the nudge from being implemented. In the final step, if several nudges have been identified, you want to prioritize. Remember, a nudge must be “cheap and easy.” As such, you want to consider the operational costs associated with implementation of the nudge. The nudge project will culminate with an essay that is due the last week of class. This essay will include (1) a complete description and analysis of the problem you trying to address; (2) a nudge strategy; and (3) a thorough description of how you developed the nudge strategy. This project will be submitted and scanned through Turnitin.

Content: The term project is about a virtual Business-to-Consumer e-commerce company you will establish and expand to B2B and mobile commerce. Each student will study an existing business. They will analyze this business thoroughly and build a fictional company in this business with the goal of determining how the Internet can be used for: ·       Starting a B2C electronic commerce company ·       Producing guidelines for revenue generation and technology implementation ·       Implementation of B2B and m-commerce expansions You are encouraged to discuss your project topic with the professor. E-mail is the best way but any other communication is also more than welcome. Unfortunately, project drafts are not reviewed prior to the submission date. However, specific content questions regarding the project will be answered in detail throughout the semester at any time. Homework and project documents are accepted in .docx format only. The professor uses “Track Changes” function to provide feedback to the student during grading, and therefore documents in any other format are not accepted. All documents will be returned in .docx format.  Project Deliverable: The project will consist of a report (40%) and presentation (10%). Project Chapters 1.     Industry Analysis (25 points): What is the current business model of this industry you chose? Which company are you basing your e-commerce company on? Who are the other leaders in your business, and what made them leaders? What are the social, organizational, behavioral and legal issues surrounding your company? 2.     Infrastructure Analysis (15 points): What is the information technology infrastructure required for your business? What exact hardware and software do you need, and why? 3.     Benchmark Analysis (20 points): What constraints do you have concerning competition? What are the criteria for success, and how will you reach them? How would different firms collaborate in a model? 4.     Product or Service & Customer Analysis (15 points): What are you selling? Whom are you selling it to? Why did you choose this group as your primary customers? What do your customers potentially think about your business’ and products/services’ strengths and weaknesses? Justify all of your answers. 5.     Expansion Planning and Implementation (25 points): Please explain what you will sell and how if you will expand your business to B2B and mobile commerce areas. Now come up with the changes you need to do for this expansion. How can you implement an expansion into B2B and mobile commerce? How will you make money in this new business focus, and what are the steps of planning? What are the main differences between the old and new plans? What are the newly introduced challenges and risks in your new area? What does your new user interface look like (include screenshots and other illustrations)?

AssignmentIn this assignment, assume you work for a consulting firm and have been tasked to help fill a position for a client company. The company is a private-sector business located in your home state.First, go to the Occupational Outlook Handbook, latest edition (https://www.bls.gov/ooh/ ) and research a position that is interesting to you. Assume that this position is the position you need to fill for this assignment. You are to address each of the following:Develop a one-page job announcement, recruitment flier to announce the industry-specific opening. This ad/flier could be put on your consulting company’s website as well as other locations. Creatively, match the flyer design to the client’s industry.Should diversity and inclusion be built into the recruitment flier? If so, how?[This flier needs to be submitted in the assignment drop box along with the essay as described below.]In your essay, include the following sections:Introduction. (No heading is needed for the introduction section that introduces your reader to your paper.) Note: The introduction is often written last after your other sections are completed.Comparing Job Announcements: (provide heading of your choice).[In order to write this section, first view a website such as Indeed.com and locate a job announcement for the same position. Alternatively, you can meetwith your company’s HRM and review a similar job announcement.]Compare the obtained announcement with the one you created and write about the differences you see:Which ones are in the announcement you obtained but not in your created announcement?Which ones are in your announcement but not in the one you found?Would you change your announcement to incorporate any of the differences that you noted being on one announcement but not in the otherWhy or why not?Critique how diversity and inclusion is addressed in your announcement as compared to the announcement you found.Recruiting Strategies: (provide heading of your choice).Explain in detail what recruiting strategies you would employ to find candidates qualified for this opening for your client company.Selection Processes: (provide heading of your choice).Describe which selection processes you will use to choose the best person for the job.Conclusion: (heading is optional; it is up to you). Don’t forget to wrap up your essay with a few summary statements.Support your work by using high-quality references (at least two that are found in the  Online Library).******NOTE******This assignment requires two submitted documents, (a) the job announcement/recruitment flier, and (b) a 3- to 4-page Word document (not counting the cover page or the reference page).The grading rubric for information literacy at the undergraduate level assesses student success in meeting the MGT407 Case 2 expectations related to information literacy

1. Read Chapter 6 from Engineering and Sustainable Community Development by Lucena. What were the positive and negative outcomes of the project? How “sustainable” was it? What lessons do you draw? (100-200 words) 2. Read pp. 133-147 & 153-155 in The Field Guide to Human Centered Design. What are the key points? (100-200 words) 3. Read “The Power of Lean Data” by Dichter, Adams, and Ebrahim. What are the key points? (100-200 words)

Suppose that you are the division controller, and you receive instructions from the division manager to accelerate the recognition of actual expenses on the books. These are expenses that have not yet been incurred or “used up” and should be recognized (recorded in the books) in a future period. What would you do? Why would a division manager make such a request? Assume that the company is using the accrual basis of accounting when responding to this discussion question. For further information on expense recognition in a business using the accrual basis, view the following video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8m7nlBN4RY Your discussion post should be at least 200-250 words in length. This resource may be your textbook or outside research. Use APA citation to properly credit your supporting material.

Prepare a case briefing exploring the role of civic forms of governance considering the following three questions. In total (counting all the answers) Questions: Explain in your own words what is ESG and provide a critical evaluation of its potential to encourage corporations to embrace the shared value perspective discussed in the readings. According to the case, the preliminary results of Mizuno’s efforts to promote ESG were promising. Reflect on whether these preliminary results are likely to have the desired wider impact on Japanese corporations embracing the shared value perspective. Compared the role of investor activists (such as Mizuno) with consumer activists. Which of these two sets of activists is most likely to have an impact on having corporations embrace social goals?  Please see the attached file for your reference and youtube address below. https://youtu.be/2DgiAIbTuRE

Unit V Homework Assignment Open Weight: 10% of course grade Grading Rubric Instructions For this homework assignment, you will develop a supporting human resource (HR) plan for an organizational strategy. In a paper of three to four pages (750-1000 words) of text, offer your ideas for a promising HR assignment, development plan, and sustainment plan to support the strategy of an organization expanding to open offices in sub-Sahara Africa. Drawing from appropriate sources, develop a scenario that provides the business of the organization, identify how much expansion is taking place, and identify the countries in which the expansion is taking place.  A useful starting point is estimating the total number of relocating employees that can be supported in the host country. Will the organization need to establish a commissary (for grocery purchases), banking and currency exchange, and limited urgent-care stations? Should the organization set assignment lengths of one year or two with families? What does research say is the optimal time period? If there are families, what would be the children’s school arrangements? How will the employees be housed?  Do they need an increased housing allowance, or does the organization need to procure its own compound of apartment housing? Your homework assignment must be at least three pages in length. You are required to use at least one outside source to support your explanation. Your homework assignment response should be formatted in accordance with APA style.  Resources The following resource(s) may help you with this assignment. Citation Guide Submit Writing Center Request

Article to analyze: The Effect of Social Media Promotion on Academic Article Uptake. The article and instructions are attached.