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Q1 On July 1st, H&M Construction purchases a bulldozer for $330,000. The equipment has a 9 year life with a residual value of $15,000. Harding uses straight-line depreciation.   Calculate the depreciation expense for the first year ending December 31st. =    Provide the journal entry for the first year ending December 31st.    Calculate […]

PLEASE READ EVERYTHING BEFORE HAND….. Depression Levels of Bi-Polar Patients Before and After LSR 53    You will be testing the effects of LSR 53, a new medication that affects depression in patients diagnosed with Bi-Polar Disorder by a licensed Psychiatrist.   You will draw one sample of 20 participants and give each participant (patient) a pretest for depression. […]

A grandmother is looking for a plan to finance her new grandchild’s college education. She has $45,000 to invest. Search the internet and locate a long-range investment plan, CD, Savings Bond, etc. for the grandmother. The plan is to earn compound interest. Calculate the future value of the investment. You must use the advertised interest rate, […]

Reflection journal: reflecting on and describing personal assumptions (10 percent) During the first two weeks of class, you will keep a reflection journal or diary. You will reflect on your personal assumptions and how they guide your actions and thoughts. You will turn in a one- to two-page paper summarizing what you have discovered about […]

Executive and Managerial Plan (30 pts) Please read the case on the textbook Page 337, “Strategic Forecasts and Staffing Formulation: Executive and Managerial Planning for Bosch-Kazakhstan”.  Complete the task on Page 341: Executive and Managerial Planning (EMP) for a subsidiary in Kazakhstan.  Taking the role of HR manager at Bosch, you must address the following […]

Case Study Analysis Paper (20 pts) The case study for this assignment is on Page 55 of your textbook, “HR in the DaimlerChrysler merger”.  Please read the case carefully and you may use additional information through your own research for analysis.  For your Analysis Paper, please address the following four items: 1.     1.  Provide the […]

Competencies are the knowledge, skills, and behaviors required for successful performance.  With this assignment, your task is to create a PowerPoint Presentation (PPT) of a Competency Model recommended for an international human resource manager.   Research the information from sources such as the textbook, professional organizations, books from the library, and journal articles, to determine […]

As the rate of innovation increases, companies face expanding product/service lines, shorter product and service lifecycles, and more frequent product/service transitions. All of these can bring tremendous value but also pose enormous challenges and risks. The article “The Art of Managing New Product Transitions” by Erhun, Gonclave, and Hopman (2007) from the readings for this […]

Outsourcing may provide tremendous advantages for firms. It may allow companies to specialize, reduce costs, and focus narrowly on the core competencies they deem strategic; however, companies also have to think about what they may lose both qualitatively and quantitatively. For example, when outsourcing, managers need to be certain that what they source from outside […]

Delivering on a value proposition demands constant improvement and innovation as competition changes over time along with evolving customers’ needs and wants. How an organization delivers is not only dependent on its ability to serve the market but also on how well it adapts and overcomes the challenges of its own structure, culture, incentives, and […]