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The final critical thinking assignment for this course requires a comprehensive Change Management Process, including its origination and implementation. To complete this project, address the following:Choose a Middle Eastern organization in which you are currently working, or with which you are familiar. Provide a brief description of the organization, including its history, number of employees, products/services, mission/vision, strategies, etc.Discuss the problem or issue confronting the organization. Why is there a need to change (e.g., falling profits, low morale, challenges recruiting talented employees, etc.)?Assess the principle reasons for the organization’s problem or issue. What is the root cause and what are other causes of the problem/issue?Identify the intended change you propose for the organization. Detail the reasons for the change, including any research you conducted that led you to this recommendation (for instance, similar organizations in a similar situation followed this strategy, or studies indicated this was the preferred solution for other organizations in a similar situation).Identify a plan to implement the change. Be clear about the steps or processes that you propose to implement this change, including any resources which may be needed throughout the process.Identify the measurement/control mechanisms you would utilize to determine if the change management process is working effectively. Also, include any contingency plans you would propose if/when the plan is not implemented as intended.Finally, offer a brief statement about what you learned from completing this project and how your research in this course has affected your perspective/perception of change.Support your responses with examples.

FIN 1.     Given the Federal Reserve Board’s current and forward-looking position on interest rates, predict the level of risk associated with investing in bonds, and recommend a portfolio percentage for investment in bonds for a financial institution. Provide support for your recommendation.  Please provide one citation or reference for your initial posting that is not your textbook. Please do not use Investopedia or Wikipedia.   2.     Mortgage-backed securities are believed to have contributed to the recent subprime mortgage crisis. Assess the fairness of this statement, providing a rationale for your reasoning and a recommendation for future use of this type of investment.  Please provide one citation or reference for your initial posting that is not your textbook. Please do not use Investopedia or Wikipedia.   3.     From the e-Activity, based on your research of the current euro currency crisis, predict the future of the currency, including the impact the financial investment and risk within the eurozone for financial institutions. Provide support for your prediction and evaluation.  Please provide one citation or reference for your initial posting that is not your textbook. Please do not use Investopedia or Wikipedia.   INV Select a foreign currency that has either appreciated or depreciated versus the U.S. dollar in recent weeks, months, or last two years. Support the reason for appreciation or depreciation with at least two fundamental factors such as differentials in monetary policies, inflation rates, interest rates, capital flows, trade balances, unemployment rates, economic growth or gross domestic product (GDP), consumer or business confidence, and the like between two nations or zones. Explain why the factors you choose had the effects that they did.

Select a luxury or niche brand whose products/services you are familiar with.  Examine the brand’s media strategy, including how the brand leverages advertising to further their brand and connect with consumers. Your report must include (but is not limited to) a critical analysis of its media strategy and its general advertising strategy to improve its position in the market, and strengthen its connection with its customers.  Project Requirements: Your report must include a minimum of eight (8) pages of content, and no more than twelve (12) pages of content. Not including your cover page, appendix, or references. Written in a size 12 font and double spaced. Be sure to write for a business executive. This means concise, third person, formal reporting. The report must include research/references to support your findings. Your report must be broken down into the specific sections/headings below:  1. Executive Summary: An executive summary should highlight some key findings and suggestions to motivate a reader to read the report. [No more than 1 Page] Tip: Craft this after you have completed all other sections  2. Brand Introduction/Analysis: This is your opportunity to demonstrate how well you know the brand, their history, and their meaning. Including defining the essence of the brand, assets (logos, slogans, etc) their target markets, etc. [No more than 1.5 Pages]  3. Media Strategy: Provide a summary that highlights the brands use of any of the media types below. Be sure to note what audiences each media type targets. [Minimum of 1 Page] a. Traditional Media b. Internet, Digital, and Interactive Media c. Alternative Media  4. Critical Analysis – Advertising: What are they doing right, and what are opportunities for improvement? Are their recent advertising campaigns integrated? Do they speak with one voice? Do the messages and imagery in those campaigns create a connection with the brand essence? Are they particularly focused on any specific advertising objectives (increase awareness, change consumers’ beliefs, influence purchase intent, stimulate trial use, create repeat purchasers, cause brand switching, increase sales)? [Minimum of 1 Page]  5. Competitor Analysis: Provide a summary covering each element below a. Who are their top competitors? b. Are their competitors using a similar media strategy? c. Are their competitor’s recent advertising campaigns similar or distinct when compared to your selected brand? d. Are they focused on any specific advertising objectives (increase awareness, change consumers’ beliefs, influence purchase intent, stimulate trial use, create repeat purchasers, cause brand switching, increase sales)? e. From an advertising lens, what are their competitors doing better than your selected brand?  6. Media and Advertising recommendations: This will require some creative thinking on your part. What additional media or advertising options should this brand use to improve their reach of target consumers? Are they currently investing in media or advertising that you feel is not effective? Share any other recommendations that you feel will benefit this brand. [Minimum of 1 Page]  7. Conclusion: Do not just summarize the key points of your report. Your conclusion should offer the reader a new way of thinking about what you have said in your report. [No more than 1 page]  8. Appendix: On a separate page(s) include any relevant advertisements, media screenshots, etc in this section. [Does not count toward the report minimum of 8 pages]  9. References: Cited on a separate page. [Does not count toward the report minimum of 8 pages]

Please show all work1. Super Hero Corporation based in the US sold a fleet of their latest Hover Flying Suits to the Ministry of Defense in London on credit for £45,000,000 payable in 9 months.Nine-month forward exchange rate: F9 = $ 1.6933 / £Fx Advisor estimated spot rate in nine months: ST = $ 1.4585 / £(a) What is the expected gain/loss from forward hedging?(b) If you were the financial manager of Super Hero, Inc., would you recommend hedging this pound receivable? Why or why not?(c) Suppose the foreign exchange advisor predicts that the future spot rate will be the same as the forward exchange rate quoted today. Would you recommend hedging in this case? Why or why not?(d) Suppose now that the advisor forecasts the future spot exchange rate to be $ 1.7276 / £. Would you recommend hedging? Why or why not?2. You plan to visit Germany in six months to negotiate a retail contract with a company located in Munich. You expect to incur a total cost of € 10,800 for lodging, meals and transportation.Current spot exchange rate: $0.70 / €Six-month forward rate: $0.78 / €Six-month call option on euros has exercise rate: $0.82 / €Premium on six-month call option: $0.03 / €Expected future spot exchange rate: same as the forward rateSix-month interest rate in U.S.: 3.5% per annumSix-month interest rate in Germany: 1.5% per annuma) Calculate your expected dollar cost of buying €10,800 if you hedge via a call option on euros.i. First calculate the FV of the call premiumii. Next, at the expected future spot rate would you exercise the option?iii. To find your expected dollar cost: If you would not exercise, then total expected dollar cost is the FV of the premium plus the cost exchanged at the future spot rate. If you would exercise the option, then the total expected dollar cost would equal the FV of the premium plus the cost exchanged at the option exercise price.(b) Calculate the future dollar cost of meeting this euro obligation if you hedge using a forward contract.(c) At what future spot exchange rate will you be indifferent between the forward and option market hedges?(d) Illustrate the future dollar costs of meeting the euro payable against the future spot exchange rate under both the options and forward market hedges. Graph “$ Cost” on the Y-axis and “$ / €” on X-axis.

Throughout this course, you have been analyzing the different facets of two organizations’ (GE and Alibaba) strategic development and implementation. This week you will pull all of these elements together, including the material you read this week about strategic leadership. This is a critical exercise as the final written work in the MBA capstone course.Although we broke up the topics we studied about corporate strategy into manageable chunks, remember that in reality business firms function and compete as integrated wholes. The various elements of business and corporate strategy we discussed and analyzed create value for shareholders when they complement one another. In particular, the logic of business strategy in general must be congruent with the particular firm’s overall strategies.Develop an integrated analysis of the corporate strategy of your current workplace organization, a previous employer, or an organization you would like to work for. Reach out to your instructor early in the week (or earlier in the course) if you need assistance identifying a suitable organization for your final study.You should review the Course Project Guidelines document in the Supplemental Material below for more detail as needed.  The following summary of the major sections of the paper should help you focus your project:Executive Summary—1-page synthesis of major ideas in the paper. What is the organization? What is its corporate strategy? What are one or two important pieces of rationale for having that strategy? What are one or two brief examples of how that strategy is (or isn’t) accurately implemented? What are one or two important recommendations you can make to the organization about the strategic development and implementation of its corporate strategy. Remember, the executive summary is a brief review that someone can read and get a quick snapshot of key points in your paper.General Analysis of Corporate Strategy—1–2-page analysis of the organization’s corporate strategy. What is the corporate strategy? What is the rationale that management uses to guide its decisions and actions at the corporate level? What is the business logic and reasoning behind the formulation of that strategy?Formulation of Corporate Strategy—1–2-page assessment of appropriateness and congruence of the various elements of the corporate strategy. Does each part fit with the logic and rationale of the overall corporate strategy? Is there internal consistency in how the corporate strategy is formulated?Implementation of Corporate Strategy—2–3-page evaluation of decisions and actions actually made by management and of its ability to make those decisions consistent with the stated corporate strategy. Are the organization’s decisions and actions consistent with or inconsistent with its corporate strategy? Does it possess the resources and capability to follow its corporate strategy (i.e., “make it happen”)? Does alignment exist between its strategy and its leadership, structure, systems, and culture?Conclusions and Recommendations—1–2-page justification of consultant-type recommendations to the organization. Does the organization need to change its corporate strategy? Does it need to address congruence among the corporate strategy elements? Does it need to address how decisions and actions are made and implemented? Provide clear research, rationale, and appropriate examples to support your conclusions and recommendations.Note: APA does not generally use an executive summary. However, consulting reports often do contain an executive summary. For purposes of this assignment, present the executive summary as the introduction paragraphs of your APA paper. Because the executive summary reflects information from the body of your paper, you will likely need to complete those sections before completing the executive summary.

*AMAZON* Examine whether competitive pressures are present in your company’s industry with high barriers to entry. Evaluate how high barriers to entry into the industry may influence your company’s long-run profitability.

*** IF IMAGES FOR THE EXHIBITS DONT SHOW UP I HAVE PLACED THEM INTO THE UPLOADED FILES PORTION LABELED AFTER THE EXHIBIT # AND QUESTION. I.E. EX1Q4(EXHIBIT 1 QUESTION 4). EXHIBIT FOR 36-38 IS THE SAME IMAGE. PLEASE MAKE SURE THE ACCURACY OF THE ANSWERS GIVEN. I HAVE INCLUDED CHAPTER PDF’S IF NEEDED AS WELL.*** 1. Buying a cup of coffee with a dollar bill represents the use of money as a: Group of answer choices medium of exchange. unit of account. store of value. all of the answers are correct. 2. Comparing how many dollars it takes to attend college each year to annual earnings on a job represents the use of money as a: Group of answer choices medium of exchange. unit of account. store of value. store of coincidence. 3. Which of the following items does not provide a store of value? Group of answer choices Currency Checkable deposits Credit cards All of the answers are correct. 4. Anything can be money if it acts as a: Group of answer choices unit of account. store of value. medium of exchange. All of the other answers must be correct. 5. The ease with which an asset can be converted into a medium of exchange is known as: Group of answer choices volatility. liquidity. currency. speculative exchange. 6. Which of the following items is included when computing M1? Group of answer choices Coins in circulation. Currency in circulation. Checking accounting entries. All of the other answers are correct. 7. Which of the following statements is true? Group of answer choices Money must be relatively “scarce” if it is to have value. Money must be divisible and portable. M1 is the narrowest definition of money. All of the other answers are correct. 8. M1 money includes all but which one of the following? Group of answer choices Checkable deposits Savings accounts Paper money Coins 9. Which definition of the money supply includes credit cards? Group of answer choices M1. M2. Each of the answers includes credit card balances. None of the answers include credit card balances. 10. With respect to controlling the money supply, the law requires the Fed to take orders from: Group of answer choices the President. the Speaker of the House. the Secretary of the Treasury. no one-the Fed is an independent agency. 11. The Fed’s principal decision-making body, which directs buying and selling U. S. government securities, is known as the: Group of answer choices Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. District Board of Governors. Federal Open Market Committee. Reserve Requirement Regulation Conference. 12. The major protection against a sudden mass attempt to withdraw cash from banks is the: Group of answer choices Federal Reserve. Consumer Protection Act. deposit insurance provide by the FDIC. gold and silver backing the dollar. 13. The Monetary Control Act of 1980: Group of answer choices created less competition among various financial institutions. allowed fewer institutions to offer checking account services. restricted savings and loan associations to long-term loans. none of the answers are correct. 14. The Monetary Control Act of 1980 extended the Fed’s authority to: Group of answer choices impose required reserve ratios on all depository institutions. control the discount rate. control the federal funds rate. all of the answers are correct 15. Which of the following does not appear on the asset side of a bank’s balance sheet? Group of answer choices Required reserves Checkable deposits Loans Excess reserves 16. Which of the following is not an interest bearing asset of commercial banks? Group of answer choices Required reserves Securities Loans All of the above are interest bearing assets of commercial banks. 17. Banks would be expected to minimize holding excess reserves because this practice is: Group of answer choices illegal. not profitable. technically difficult. subject to a stiff excess reserves tax. 18. Assume a simplified banking system in which all banks are subject to a uniform reserve requirement of 20 percent and checkable deposits are the only form of money. A bank that received a new checkable deposit of $10,000 would be able to extend new loans up to a maximum of: Group of answer choices $2,000. $8,000. $9,000. $10,000. 19. If the required reserve ratio is a uniform 25 percent on all deposits, the money multiplier will be: Group of answer choices 4.00 2.50 0.40 0.25 20. Assume a simplified banking system subject to a 20 percent required reserve ratio. If there is an initial increase in excess reserves of $100,000, the money supply: Group of answer choices increases $100,000. increases $500,000. increases $600,000. decreases $500,000. 21. If the required reserve ratio decreases, the: Group of answer choices money multiplier increases. money multiplier decreases. amount of excess reserves the bank has decreases. money multiplier stays the same. 22. The cost to a member bank of borrowing from the Federal Reserve is called the: Group of answer choices reserve requirement. price of securities in the open market. discount rate. yield on government bonds. 23. Which of the following policy actions by the Fed would cause the money supply to decrease? Group of answer choices An open-market purchase of government securities. A decrease in required reserve ratios. An increase in the discount rate. A decrease in the discount rate. 24. Which of the following actions by the Fed would increase the money supply? Group of answer choices Reducing the required reserve ratio. Selling government bonds in the open market. Increasing the discount rate. None of the answers are correct. 25.  In Exhibit 1, if the required reserve ratio is 20 percent for all banks, and every bank in the banking system loans out all of its excess reserves. Then a $10,000 deposit from Mr. Brown in checkable deposits could create for the entire banking system: Group of answer choices $8,000 worth of new money. $2,000 worth of new money. $10,000 worth of new money. $40,000 worth of new money. 26. Assume we have a simplified banking system in balance-sheet equilibrium. Also assume that all banks are subject to a uniform 10 percent reserve requirement and demand deposits are the only form of money. A commercial bank receiving a new demand deposit of $100 would be able to extend new loans in the amount of: Group of answer choices $10. $90. $100. $1,000. 27. The demand for money that households keep for emergency purposes is known as the: Group of answer choices precautionary demand. emergency demand. speculative demand. temporary demand. 28. The quantity of money held in response to interest rates is the: Group of answer choices transactions motive for holding money. precautionary motive for holding money. speculative motive for holding money. unit-of-account motive for holding money. 29. The speculative demand for money: Group of answer choices varies inversely with income. is only concerned with active money. involves holding money for unexpected problems. varies directly with the transactions demand for money. varies inversely with the interest rate. 30. Other things being equal, the quantity of money that people wish to hold can be expected to: Group of answer choices increase as the interest rate increases. decrease as the interest rate increases. decrease as real GDP increases. none of the answers are correct.. 31. A decrease in the interest rate, other things being equal, causes a(an): Group of answer choices upward movement along the demand curve for money. downward movement along the demand curve for money. rightward shift of the demand curve for money. leftward shift of the demand curve for money. 32. Which of the following statements is true? Group of answer choices The speculative demand for money at possible interest rates gives the demand for money curve its upward slope. There is an inverse relationship between the quantity of money demanded and the interest rate. According to the quantity theory of money, any change in the money supply will have no effect on the price level. All of the answers are correct. 33.  In Exhibit 1, assume an equilibrium with an interest rate of 15 percent and the money supply at $100 billion. The Fed uses its policy tools to move the economy to a new equilibrium at E2 with money supply of $150 billion and an interest rate of 10 percent. This change could be the result of a(an): Group of answer choices open market sale of securities by the Fed. higher discount rate set by the Fed. higher required reserve ratio set by the Fed. open market purchase of securities by the Fed. 34. According to Keynesians, an increase in the money supply will: Group of answer choices decrease the interest rate, and increase investment, aggregate demand, prices, real GDP, and employment. decrease the interest rate, and decrease investment, aggregate demand, prices, real GDP, and employment. increase the interest rate, and decrease investment, aggregate demand, prices, real GDP, and employment. only increase prices. 35. While the classicists believed that both velocity and output are stable, Keynesians believe: Group of answer choices velocity is stable and output is variable. velocity and output are both variable. output is stable and velocity is variable the same as the classical economists, that both output and velocity are stable 36.  In Exhibit 2, when the money supply increases from S1 to S2, the equilibrium interest rate: Group of answer choices remains unchanged. increases from i2 to i1, increasing investment spending from I1 to I2. increases from i2 to i1, decreasing investment spending from I2 to I1. decreases from i1 to i2, increasing investment spending from I1 to I2. 37. In Exhibit 2, if the interest rate falls from i1 to i2, investment spending will: Group of answer choices increase, and aggregate demand will shift from AD1 to AD2. decrease, and aggregate demand will shift from AD2 to AD1. remain the same, and aggregate demand will shift from AD2 to AD3. increase, and aggregate demand will shift from AD2 to AD1. 38. In Exhibit 2, a shift in aggregate demand from AD1 to AD2: Group of answer choices cannot raise real GDP because the economy is at full employment. cannot raise real GDP because the aggregate supply curve is upward sloping at GDP2. will raise real GDP because the economy is operating below the full-employment level. will cause the interest rate to increase from i2 to i1. 39. The Monetarist transmission mechanism through which monetary policy affects the price level, real GDP, and employment depends on the: Group of answer choices indirect impact of changes on the interest rate. indirect impact of changes on profit expectations. direct impact of changes in fiscal policy on aggregate demand. direct impact of changes in the money supply on aggregate demand. 40. The quantity theory of money assumes that the velocity of money: Group of answer choices is constant. will rise if the money supply rises and fall if the money supply falls. will rise if the money supply rises, but it will not change if the money supply falls. will fall if the money supply rises, and it will rise if the money supply falls.

Activism and the MediaThe Assignment1. Identify a civic or activist organization, social movement, or community leaderthat you feel is making or has made innovative use of media for activism purposes.2. Write a 7 (or more) page paper (not including title page and works cited page; Times New Roman, 12 pt., double spaced) that contains the following information:I. Background of the organization/movement/leader;II. Description of their use of media (discuss both traditional and digital media)III. Analysis and relation to course readings1.How do the activities of your group illustrate innovative use of new media?2.What digital strategies were used to empower the audience?3.Based on our readings, what do you think your topic could have done or could dodifferently to be more successful in their activist campaign?Cite at least 3 of our class readings in your discussion. Your entire paper should consist of at least 6academic sources total. All citations and references should be written in APA format. See OWL at Purduehttps://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/) for more information on APA style.I will upload readings and sources soon.

MGMT 4461 Managerial Leadership  Self-Leadership in Action – Final Project This project is a final paper.  It is worth 100 points.  Your paper should be 5 pages in length, use at least 5 outside sources, and should follow APA guidelines.  Use the sample reflection paper in the Getting Started section as a guide for the format of the paper component of this project. (The texts should be used as well but don’t count as your 5 external sources).   A.  Introduction Why you took this course What you hoped to learn B.  Evolution of personal leadership model (incorporate sources here) The characteristics of leadership that were most meaningful How your “model” of leadership changed How your perception of yourself has changed C.  Discussion of personal vision & goals (incorporate sources here) Your professional goals and how self leadership “fits” Relationship goals and how self leadership “fits” MBTI Type and personality assessment–how your personality impacts your leadership.  D. Using your Northouse text, develop a paragraph on each of the following topics of how you will apply these concepts in the workplace.  Be sure to identify clearly what these concepts represent before you identify how you will apply them individually: Servant Leadership Situational Leadership Transformational Leadership Ethics in Leadership Gender Balance Cultural Awareness/Organizational Culture E.  Application of leadership change: Three (minimum) leadership characteristics you will use as a leader—these will be different for each student.These characteristics should be specific behaviors, activities, etc. w/measurement such as when   Certain accomplishments should occur, with whom, what type of additional training, etc You can’t manage what you can’t measure so if you want to grow, you have to outline specific behavioral changes for the future.  Accountability—how will you hold yourself accountable?  Who will you ask to be a mentor to assist you in your leadership plan?  Be specific in this section.  Identify how this relationship will help you. F.  Conclusion what you learned form this course how you feel about what you have learned what you will do differently who will notice References–use the APA sources to help you get your citations and your references correct in your paper and your PowerPoint Tips:  A.  Be sure you proof your paper carefully.  Writing errors, 1 point each B.  Think critically about your content–is it credible?  Specific?  Is it complete in regard to following the outline? Personal note: If it helps at all, I’m a fan of servant leadership, and I’m going into a management field that specifically serves other people. I’m a tech person and in ministry. I took this course because it was a requirement for my degree and I hoped to learn more about myself by taking it. I learned in this course that management styles have to be adaptable to where you are. I will focus more on people than on processes. I hope my employees will notice. My personality type is INFP (Mediator)  References: The books are mentioned as a source. Those books are:  Self-Leadership The Definitive Guide to Personal Excellence Christopher P. Neck, Charles C. Manz, Jeffery D. Houghton Interactive: Leadership Interactive eBook Theory and Practice Peter G. Northouse  If you’re unable to find information on them, that’s okay. I really just need them referenced at some point.

You are a leader in your corporation, CEO, etc.. I would like you to write a paper, 2 pages, times new roman 12, 1.5 spacing on what kind of inclusion would you have in a company.  We discussed religion, race, sexuality, disabilities, women rights, etc.  How would you make your place of work more inclusive to others.