Some business interest groups in the US and human rights activists may argue that the removal of…

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Some business interest groups in the US and human rights activists may argue that the removal of footwear tariffs should be made conditional on Vietnamese firms’ compliance with internationally recognised labour standards. Discuss whether Michael Froman should accept this argument provided that he decides to eliminate tariffs against Vietnamese footwear. Your discussion should include, but not be limited to, the following points:
 Why business interest groups in the US and human rights activists would support the same argument
 Which ethical approaches business interest groups in the US and human rights activists would be taking in their arguments
Links for Brodeur & Van Assche (2014) and Wight (2015) are available on iLearn.
Use the following additional resources to articulate and enrich your discussion. Links for all resources except for Resource #2 are available on iLearn.
Resource #1. Lecture slides from weeks 1-10.
Resource #2. Chapters/sections of the prescribed textbook that are relevant to lecture topics
Resource #3. Pages 182-193 of the following book.
 Gerber J., (2014) International Economics (6th ed). Pearson
Resource #4. Araujo, B. M., “Trade deals, labour conditions and the gap between talk and action”, The Conversation, September 29, 2017
Resource #5. Follet, C., “Restricting trade after factory explosion would hurt Bangladeshi women”, Forbes, October 17, 2013.
Resource #6. “The right way to trade”, Human Rights Watch, July 31 2003 (accessed September 17, 2018)
Resource #7. Any other resources relevant to your discussion. Make sure you cite the source(s).

Quantitative Methods Assessment – Business Report Learning Outcomes – 1. Understand ethics and…

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Quantitative Methods Assessment – Business Report

Learning Outcomes –

1. Understand ethics and ethical behaviour in undertaking a statistical study.

2. Interpret data by using descriptive statistics.

3. Explain probability, probability distributions and their applications in decision making.

4. Explain the concepts of statistical inference and its application.

5. Interpret results and make decisions through the use of appropriate statistical techniques.

Assessment Task:  Business reports are practical learning tasks where students apply the theories they have been studying to real world situations. The students are required to select a topic, collect information (Primary and/or secondary) and prepare a report describing a business problem or incident. This report should consist of (not inclusive) Abstract, Introduction, Objectives, Methodologies, Information Analysis, Findings, Recommendations, References, and Appendices.

ASSESSMENT DESCRIPTION: This is an ongoing group assignment that students need to carry out between week 4 – 11. Students will be formed as groups (3-4 students) by the lecturer between week 3 and 4. Students MUST enroll into a group within this time frame in order to participate in this assignment task. Group vacancies will NOT be guaranteed for late comers.

Students need to write a business report by doing a mini survey on a good statistical question from an approachable population. Group members need to follow the steps given bellow.

Get the approval for the survey title and the population from your lecturer

Prepare a survey questionnaire under the supervision of your lecturer with 10 questions (need to include both qualitative and quantitative questions)

Collect data from a randomly selected sample of 20 respondents (sample size = 20) from the proposed population and transfer them into an excel sheet

Finally, the data set must be summarised, analysed and reported according to the format given below

Reporting Format –

1. Title page

Design a title page with an appropriate name for your business report, student name and student ID

2. Executive summary

Here you need to summarise the whole report findings into a smaller paragraph (need to do at the end)

3. Table of contents

Table of contents needs to be generated electronically in Microsoft Word.

4. Introduction

Give a brief introduction about your population and aims and objectives of the report.

5. Method of data collection

Briefly describe about your questions, nature of your variables, who are your respondents, sampling strategy and how did you collect data. Include your data set in a form of table with this section or as an appendix.

6. Summary of the data set

Give appropriate graphical and numerical summaries that describe your variables (Microsoft Excel can be used for this task). Also provide a brief discussion under each of your data summaries based on your judgments and compare your results with similar studies.

7. Descriptive data analysis

Select any three numerical variables from your data set and prepare a summary of descriptive statistics using Microsoft Excel for each of them. Interpret your key findings (mean, variance and standards deviation etc) and provide justifications with a brief discussion supported by appropriate references.

8. Interval estimation

Calculate the following parameters for each of the three numerical variables you selected in section 7.

The margin of error at a 95% confidence level

Construct a 95% confidence interval for your population mean

Interpret your findings and provide justifications with a brief discussion supported by appropriate references.

9. Conclusion and recommendations

Provide a brief overview of your collective findings and previous discussions in the report. Finally, provide several recommendations by connecting to your aims, objectives and overall findings.

10. List of references

Minimum five references are required for this assignment task.

Assignment – Analysis of Mobile Phone Usage Overview The purpose of this assignment is to…

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Assignment – Analysis of Mobile Phone Usage

Overview

The purpose of this assignment is to investigate a dataset which will enable you to answer questions posed in a Memorandum (see Memorandum section below). In order to answer the memorandum questions, you'll need to analyse a given dataset, interpret the results, and then draw appropriate conclusions.

The aims of the assignment are to:

provide you with some examples of the application of data analysis within an organisation test your understanding of the material in the relevant topics test your ability to analyse and interpret your results test your ability to effectively communicate the results of your analysis to others

Before attempting the assignment, make sure you have prepared yourself well. At a minimum, please read the relevant sections of the prescribed textbook and review the materials provided in Modules 1 and 2.

Scenario

You are Grace Park, an analyst for BI Intelligence. BI Intelligence is the Business Insider's paid research service. Business Insider is the world's fastest-growing business news website and its articles include the latest technology, money and market news. BI Intelligence produces a number of reports on key digital areas, including the mobile industry. Information from those reports is then subsequently published on the Business Insider's website by their respective writers.

Michelle Yeoh, a tech journalist at Business Insider, wants to publish an article on the current smart mobile phone usage in Australia. This is in light of Australia being ranked 2nd in the world behind Singapore for smart phone usage. Businesses, including telcos, find this information useful and subsequently use it to improve their own operations, marketing strategies, etc., for the digital age. Michelle's article will be wide ranging and include commentary on the user's expenditure, usage patterns and demographics. Michelle has asked you to conduct the market research.

You subsequently take a random sample of 150 smart phone users in Australia and survey them on their usage, as well as other related data.

Michelle's specific analysis requirements are outlined in his email, which is reproduced on the next page.

Memorandum Requirements

Your Memorandum should be no longer than 2000 words and there is no need to include a Table of Contents, Charts and Tables, or Appendices in the Memorandum. The Charts/Graphics and Tables you create are only to be placed in the Data Analysis file i.e. the Excel spreadsheet

Suggested Word formatting for the Memorandum: Single-line spacing; no smaller that 10- point font; page margins approx. 25mm, and good use of white space

Your Memorandum must have a cover sheet containing your particulars and Unit details Set out the Memorandum in the same order as in the originating Memorandum from Michelle, with each section (question) clearly marked

Use plain language and keep your explanations succinct. Avoid the use of technical or statistical jargon. As a guide to the meaning of “Plain Language”, imagine you are explaining your findings to a person without any statistical training (e.g. someone who has not studied this unit). What type of language would you use in this case?

Data Analysis Instructions/Guidelines

In order to prepare a reply to Michelle's Memorandum, you will need to examine and analyse the dataset MobileData.xlsx thoroughly.

Michelle has asked a number of questions and your Data Analysis output (i.e. your charts/tables/graphs) should be structured such that you answer each question on the separate tab/worksheet provided in your Excel document. There are also three extra tabs in MobileData.xlsx called CI, HT and SS and you can use the various templates contained in these tabs in your “Confidence Interval”, “Hypothesis” and “Sample Size” answers.

ASSIGNMENT QUESTION: “The recognition that a corporation is a separate legal entity in its own right

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ASSIGNMENT QUESTION:

“The recognition that a corporation is a separate legal entity in its own right is the foundation of modern corporate law”

Your answer must include a discussion of the following:

– Explain the Salomon v A Salomon And Co Ltd [1897] AC 22 case. How is this case incorporated in the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth)?

– Discuss the legal basis of the statement using a corporate entity as an example

– Explain the future of the legal principle detailed in Salomon's case and whether you think changes are necessary in the current law

A2 Milk Company Limited Assume you are the audit senior assigned to the audit of A2 Milk Ltd., a…

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A2 Milk Company Limited

Assume you are the audit senior assigned to the audit of A2 Milk Ltd., a public listed company, for the year ended 30 June 2018.

As an audit senior, you have been assigned the task of gaining an understanding of the client, as well as identifying inherent risks and risk of material misstatements based on your research. The information you gather will be used to help plan the audit. You are required to write a report to your audit manager outlining the information you have gathered with regards to the following:

a. Provide an overview of the client's business, operations and industry (discussions should include any recent events concerning the company.)

b. Identify four areas of business risks for the company and give a brief explanation of the identified risk.

c. Identify four areas of risk of material misstatement in the financial statements for each of the business risk identified. (Youlvvill need to mention specific transaction/balance and assertions at risk and why you thl-nk these are risk areas)

d. Carry out an analytical review of the company and together with information gathered in part (a) identify another 3 areas of risk of material misstatement in the financial statements and explain why you think these areas are at a risk of misstatement. (You will need to mention specific transaction/balance and assertions at risk and why you think these are risk areas).

Information to answer this question should be gathered from a variety of sources including the company website, previous annual and half yearly reports and other published news about the company. Report must be presented professionally with the correct referencing (APA style).

Length and Format Requirement:

Should include:

1.         A title page containing title of the assignment, name and student numbers of the group members

2.         A table of contents

3.         An executive summary

4.         Word limit: 2000 words, Times New Roman size 12 font, double spacing.

5.         Appropriate reference citations throughout the assignment are expected

6.         Pages should be numbered

7.         Reference list to be included

Assignment – Parchment Bonanza Overview For this individual assignment, you will use skills acquired

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Assignment – Parchment Bonanza

Overview
For this individual assignment, you will use skills acquired through practical laboratory exercises to automate a business process, and to visualize the impact of the automation.

Learning Outcomes

The following course learning outcomes are assessed by completing this assessment:

A1. Prepare a basic solution to a business problem;
A2. Select appropriate IT solutions for business functions;
A3. Apply business information software for data visualization and analysis purposes.
S1. Write basic programming logic;
S3. Interpret and construct representations of business data flow and processes;
K8. Outline the basic principles of programming.

Assessment Details

Parchment Bonanza is a small second-hand book shop, run by a team of three staff members: Adrian, Brutus, and Caesar.

For this assignment, you will complete the following set of tasks using Excel, and build an ePortfolio page to describe your work.

Task 0 – Setting up
Create an ePortfolio page for your assignment. You will submit this page to Moodle as per the lab tasks.

Task 1 – Costs of operating the business
Using Excel, create a spreadsheet called operating_costs.xlsx that calculates the projected annual outgoing costs of running Parchment Bonanza.

Your spreadsheet should be configured such that the working hours, hourly rates, and fixed and utility costs can be varied easily.

Task 2 – Sales team offers
Using Excel, process the history of purchases spreadsheet and use appropriate charts to visualize: How the prices paid differed for each staff member; and
How the prices paid have changed over time

Describe your findings in your ePortfolio (approximately 250 words), and attach the Excel file to your page.

Task 3 – Automation
Using Excel, create a spreadsheet page that automates the above process, allowing a member of the team to enter whether the book is hardcover, its publication year, and its condition, and receive a price to offer.

Ensure that you include enough text and formatting to make your spreadsheet usable by a member of the Parchment Bonanza team, or by a University lecturer.

Your spreadsheet should be configured such that the Low, Medium and High prices can be varied easily. Describe how you automated the process (approx 150 words), and attach your Excel file to your ePortfolio.

Task 4 – Price setting
Using Excel and the historical data you have available, determine sets of prices which meet the objectives of the following scenarios:

Scenario one: Total offer prices are approximately the same as for the historical data

Scenario two: Assuming all books purchased are sold, allow all staff to draw the same wage as Caesar.

Describe the strategy you used to find appropriate prices for each scenario (approximately 150 words). Ensure that the Low price is less than the Medium price, and both are less than the High price.
Bonus challenge task (optional!)
Disclaimer: This task is 100% optional, and you can receive full marks without attempting or completing it. It is intended to be a challenge if you are interested in such things, and the marks available do not reflect the significant research and effort required to implement it correctly. Tutors will not provide significant assistance for this challenge task.

Optional task 5
Reimplement Task 1 and Task 3 using either Python or HTML+JavaScript.

Write a brief overview of how to run your solution, and attach a zip file containing your code to your ePortfolio page.

Prepare a business research proposal on “Advantages and Disadvantages of Outsourcing Business…

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Prepare a  business research proposal on “Advantages and Disadvantages of Outsourcing Business Functions”

Topic: Advantages and Disadvantages of Outsourcing Business Functions

Its a business research proposal

Structure:

1. Introduction

2. Project Objective

3. Project Scope

4. Literature Review

(Students' needs to summarise Assignment 1 literature review (2-3 pages)and do justification from Assignment 1 literature problems, gaps opportunities, Hypothesis)

5. Research Questions/Hypothesis
-Primary Question (only one question)
– Secondary Questions (1, 2 ….)
Research questions should be linked to Literature Problems, Gaps, and Hypothesis

6. Research Design and Methodology

-     Qualitative research
(Students should propose the Processof the Qualitative Research (Main Steps), Approaches to reliability and Validity, Sampling, Sample Size, Data Collection Method, Variables Specifications)

-     Quantitative research
(Students should propose the process of the Quantitative Research Design Process (Main Steps), Research Instrument, Quantitative Data Analysis Process, Sampling and Simple Size, Interviewing and Questionary Design, Reliability and Validity of Data)

7. Research Limitations

8. Time Schedule (Research plan)

9. Conclusion

10. Reference List

11. Appendix

NOTE: Students are not with requirements to collect and analyse data

e-Business Fundamentals and Systems Assignment – Assessment Description – Consider the financial…

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e-Business Fundamentals and Systems Assignment –

Assessment Description – Consider the financial accounting services market in Australia.

Select one e-commerce model

1. B2C – Retail supply of financial accounting services such as financial advice and income tax returns.

2. B2B – Business to business in terms of firms or individuals who provide accounting services to businesses such small business book keeping to major accounting firms providing consulting and audit services.

3. P2P – The collaborative economy whereby consumers supply each other for example financial advice or accounting services.

Choose TWO competing services (websites) in your chosen e-commerce model segment.

Your assignment is to compare and contrast your two chosen businesses and websites.

Number of words is 1500 to 2500.

Tasks –

A. Clearly state which e-commerce business model you have chosen. For each chosen website report the business name, the homepage URL, and include a screenshot of the homepage.

B. For each chosen website, in 1-2 paragraphs, explain why the website belongs to that particular e-commerce business model.

C. For each chosen website, in 1-2 paragraphs, identify what you think is/are the principal business goal(s) of the website.

D. For each website, consider the following attributes and assess them on the following five-point semantic differential scale and, for each attribute,

1

2

3

4

5

Very Poor

Poor

Inapplicable

Good

Very Good

Use a TABLE with each Attribute (1 to 22), Your Rating (1 to 5) and a brief Comment.

1. How does the website URL relate to the business name?

2. How easily is the website found using general internet search engines (e.g. Google, Ask, AltaVista, Bing, Yahoo!)?

3. Does the website give me all the organisational information a user could reasonably require?

4. Are requirements to provide a user's (personal or sensitive) information appropriate?

5. How well does the website reassure users about the security and use of their information?

6. How well does the website foster user trust in the organisation?

7. How well does the website address legal issues associated with use of the website or engagement in transactions?

8. How well does the website provide for the accessibility needs of users?

9. How well does the website address the language or cultural needs of users?

10. Does the website contain all the product information that a user could reasonably require?

11. Does the website allow all the customisation (user-managed features) that a user could reasonably expect?

12. How well does the website personalise the experience for users?

13. Does the website identify sufficient channels for user service/support?

14. How easy is it to find any information on the website about the organisation, their products or services?

15. How easy is the information on the website to read (i.e. is provided information in appropriate language and with sufficient detail for most users)?

16. Is the website easy to navigate (i.e. move through the website to find information, products, or services, and engage in transactions with the organisation)?

17. How appropriate are the website aesthetics (e.g. use of layout, colours, imagery, fonts, etc) for the target audience?

18. How well does the website foster community among users?

19. How quickly does the website load into your browser and do all website features, links and embedded objects (eg: media files or applets) work as intended?

20. How well does the website support different web-browsers or platforms (e.g. mobile devices)?

21. Does the website provide a sufficient range of payment options as could be reasonably expected?

22. Does the website provide a sufficient range of delivery options as could be reasonably expected?

F. Compare and contrast your chosen websites: which website is more likely to be successful than the other, and why?

ECO 600 Local Business like restaurants in any nation is focusing on sustainability such as minimal.

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ECO 600

Local Business like restaurants in any nation is focusing on sustainability such as minimal wastage of foods, recycling of wastage and implementing composting methods. They are using 100% material in their products made up of organic components. The local business is promoting healthy lifestyles, eco-friendly goods and conserving water, natural resources and energy etc.

On the other hand, global business like big hotels finds it hard to employ sustainability in their business operations. In shake of corporate responsibility, they usually do some social work and conversation methods for the community. Corporate sustainability is aligned with moral responsibility which can be achieved with the help of employees ‘commitment, supply chain partners, and customers.

Sustainability is the all-encompassing model that embraces people, profits, and the planet by concerning with a business’s stakeholders and maintains social equity, minimizing business’s ecological footprint, and intentional long-term planning for profit margins (Brookshire, 2017).

References

Ha-Brookshire, J. (2017). Toward moral responsibility theories of corporate sustainability and sustainable supply chain. Journal of Business Ethics, 145(2), 227-237.

Dynamic Strategy and Disruptive Innovation Assessment Title: Business Portfolio and Dynamic…

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Dynamic Strategy and Disruptive Innovation Assessment Title: Business Portfolio and Dynamic Capability Development Report

Need to do the PPT on a different company but not on coca-cola. COMPANY NAME IS FANTASY FILM.

Assessment Description –

You are required to review an organisation case study including statistical information on business unit performance and current market conditions.

The case study will also include information regarding the organisation's current capacity to respond effectively to change.

You must then prepare a Business Portfolio and Dynamic Capability Report slide presentation using the following headings:

A. Business Portfolio Analysis – Plot each business unit on a BCG matrix, GE-McKinsey matrix, and Synergy matrix

B. Business Portfolio Recommendations – Provide recommendations to the organisation for the strategic management of each business unit with explanations for each recommendation

C. Dynamic Capability Analysis – Prepare an assessment of the organisation's dynamic capability including its capacity to:

1. Identify and assess opportunities

2. Mobilise resources

3. Transform and reconfigure strategic assets

D. Dynamic Capability Recommendations – Provide recommendations to the organisation for enhancing overall dynamic capability with explanations for each recommendation.