1. Define Erikson's theory on development during midlife. Provide two examples of his theory.

2. What dies research suggest about divorce in today's society? What are your thoughts on divorce?

3. Discuss Sternberg's triangular theory on marriage. What are your thought on infatuation? Does this exist? Do you believe that sexual attraction appears first when new love emerges?

4. Discuss the research on cohabitation. What are your thoughts on this?

5. Has the idea of motherhood changed over the years? Discuss research on motherhood today- has the idea of bearing children changed? How? Support your answer.

1. Today's urban transportation planning process is being impacted by the President's Stimulus Plan. High speed rail is one such option to congestion along the highways of urban areas. These projects have two sides to them. There are those who support high speed rail and those who do not support high speed rail. You have been chosen to not support the Stimulus Plan for use of high speed rail to ease congestion. Your task is to help decision makers make up their minds. So, you are now on the opposing side. Discuss how this Stimulus Plan for high speed rail will not work. You can use any reference. But, you must also present your opinion based on facts and data, not just because you don't like it. You will have to provide evidence to back up what you believe is a bad idea.

2. Most (97 percent) roads and streets in the United States are under the jurisdiction of State and local governments. The Federal jurisdiction is mainly limited to National Parks, National Forests, and other government-owned land. Discuss what issues and problems might be common between the Federal jurisdiction and the State and Local governments, and what issues and problems might be unique to the Federal government compared to the State and local governments. List the common and unique attributes and provide a brief explanation to support your choice. Use references in APA format and also offer your own opinion on what you think of these issues and problems.

3. The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) went into effect on January 1, 1994. This sweeping agreement is designed to open the borders separating Canada, Mexico, and the United States to the free exchange of goods and services. There are many pros and cons of NAFTA that have emerged since 1994. The future of NAFTA is in the wind these days. It may fail or succeed for the next ten years. You job is to help Congress and other decision makers to decide what course of action they should take regarding NAFTA's future. You are to take the side that NAFTA is a bad business investment; you are to represent the "con" side of the argument. So, discuss why you would defeat or destroy NAFTA or morph it from its current state to some other new state.

4. In early 1990s with a second wave of low-cost carriers (LCCs), which led to the second period of strong traffic growth from early 1993 through early 2000, Southwest Airlines arguably provided the blueprint for U.S. Between 2006 and 2009 a fuel crisis happened and a recession for business and the transportation industry. What is the impact today on LCC's in order to be competitive in this economy coming on the heels of this recession?

 

Suppose there are only two donut shops, Brenda’s and Julie’s. These two donut shops produce identical products. Demand for donuts is given by the function: Q = 75 – P, where Q is the quantity of donuts and P is the price. Suppose that total costs for Brenda’s is given by TCBrenda = 0.1Q2Brenda and total costs for Julie’s donuts is given by TCJulie = 5QJulie

a) If the two firms compete and choose output such that price equals marginal cost, what is the profit-maximizing level of output for Brenda’s donuts? What is the profit-maximizing level of output for Julie’s donuts?

b) If the two firms compete and choose output such that price equals marginal cost, what is the market price?

c) What is the joint profit for the two firms when they compete?

d) If the two firms instead secretly collude and behave as a cartel, what is the profit-maximizing level of output for Brenda’s donuts? What is the profit-maximizing level of output for Julie’s donuts?

e) If the two firms secretly collude and behave as a cartel, what is the market price?

f) What is the joint profit for the two firms when they secretly collude and behave as a cartel?

1) To correct for inflation, GDP numbers must be converted using the price level in a given year known as the

 

 

 

Base year

 

Real year

 

Current year

 

Constant year

 

Inflation year

 

2) A production possibilities curve represents all of an economy's combinations for production that are

 

 

 

Unattainable

 

Possible and Efficient

 

Attainable

 

Inefficient

 

Desirable

 

Question 3

 

Which of the following is a technique used to determine the optimal level of an economic activity?

 

 

 

Cost/benefit analysis

 

Production possibilities curve analysis

 

GDP analysis

 

Opportunity cost analysis

 

Question 4

 

The bow shape of the production possibilities curve reflects

 

 

 

The opportunity cost concept

 

The concept of increasing opportunity costs

 

The concept of diminishing marginal returns

 

The marginal social cost/marginal social benefit principle

 

Question 5

 

Real per capita GDP is defined as

 

 

 

Population/real GDP

 

GDP/population

 

Real GDP/price index

 

Real GDP/population

 

Price index/GDP

 

Question 6

 

Marginal social cost refers to the

 

 

 

Cost incurred due to an action undertaken by society

 

Total expenditures by society on a good like a public park

 

Cost borne by society when 1 more unit of a good is produced

 

Cost to society of sub-standard production

 

Cost to society when an additional unit of a social good is produced

 

Question 7

 

If population in a country falls while GDP stays the same, the country's

 

 

 

Real GDP falls

 

Real GDP rises

 

Per capita GDP rises

 

Per capita GDP falls

 

Welfare falls

 

Question 8

 

With private property rights, the decision about how to use resources are made by

 

 

 

The government

 

Private firms

 

Individual resource owners

 

Resource committees

 

Question 9

 

The know-how and the means and methods of production available in an economy are known as

 

 

 

Technology

 

Capital

 

Human capital

 

Labor

 

Management

 

Question 10

 

The purpose of a base year when constructing a price index is:

 

 

Showing how the output values rise from year to year

 

Encourage inflation

 

Providing a means to compare the economy's output across different time periods

 

To show why expenditures on government goods and services need to increase

 

Indicate the progress in keeping prices low

 

Question 11

 

Economic reasoning would not be necessary if

 

Our wants were limited

 

Resources were expansive

 

Scarcity were decreased

 

We could have everything we wanted

 

Politicians were better at running the economy

 

 

 

Question 12

 

The fundamental economic problem involves

 

Overpopulation

 

Inflation and unemployment

 

Scarce resources and unlimited wants

 

Cheap foreign labor

 

Supply and demand

 

 

 

Question 13

 

Labor resources include

 

The equipment workers use to complete their work

 

Only non-management personnel

 

Any efforts of a person to produce goods

 

Only the physical efforts of an economy's people

 

 

 

Question 14

 

A country can shift out its production possibilities curve by

 

 

 

Improving its technology

 

Shifting its production from one good to another

 

Experiencing a population drop

 

Using its farmland more productively

 

 

 

Question 15

 

The means for satisfying wants are

 

Insatiable

 

Unlimited

 

Infinite

 

Scarce

 

Unavailable

1. Suppose a comparable phone costs 500 USD in the U.S. and 300 EUR in Germany. If the nominal exchange rate is 0.8 EUR per 1 USD, then the real exchange rate in terms of how many German phones can be traded for one U.S. phone is:
A. 1.33.
B. 1.25.
C. 0.60.
D. 0.80.

2. The value of net exports is also the value of:
A. net saving.
B. national saving.
C. net investment.
D. the excess of national saving over domestic investment.

3. In the 1990s, a presidential candidate in the U.S. proposed tariffs on Japanese, Chinese, and other South American imports. Assume that the U.S. is a small open economy, and use the model of the real exchange rate shown in the diagram above to explain what happens to the following: 

a.) The real exchange rate 

b.) The trade balance

c.) Imports 

d.) Exports
4. A trade deficit can be financed in all of the following ways except by:
A. borrowing from domestic lenders.
B. selling foreign assets owned by domestic residents to foreigners.
C. selling domestic assets to foreigners.
D. borrowing from foreigners.
5. If the real exchange rate is high, foreign goods:
A. are relatively cheap and domestic goods are relatively expensive.
B. are relatively expensive and domestic goods are relatively cheap.
C. and domestic goods are both relatively expensive.
D. and domestic goods are both relatively cheap.
6. If domestic spending exceeds output, we ______ the difference.
A. export
B. import
C. import
D. export
7. Assume that in a small open economy where full employment always prevails, national saving is 300.
a.
If domestic investment is given by I = 400 – 20r, where r is the real interest rate in percent, what would the equilibrium interest rate be if the economy were closed?
b.
If the economy is open and the world interest rate is 10 percent, what will investment be?
c.
What will the current account surplus or deficit be? What will net capital outflow be?
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8. What is the price of a pair of shoes in Paris if the price in the U.S. is 400 USD and the exchange rate is 1 USD = 0.75 EUR?
A. 53 EUR
B. 30 EUR
C. 533 EUR
D. 300 EUR
9. An “open” economy is one in which:
A. government spending exceeds revenues.
B. the national interest rate equals the world interest rate.
C. the level of output is fixed.
D. there is trade in goods and services with the rest of the world.
10. If net capital outflow is positive, then:
A. exports must be negative.
B. the trade balance must be positive.
C. exports must be positive.
D. the trade balance must be negative.

11. If domestic saving exceeds domestic investment, then net exports are ______ and net capital outflows are ______.
A. positive; negative
B. negative; negative
C. positive; positive
D. negative; positive

1. Suppose a comparable phone costs 500 USD in the U.S. and 300 EUR in Germany. If the nominal exchange rate is 0.8 EUR per 1 USD, then the real exchange rate in terms of how many German phones can be traded for one U.S. phone is:
A. 1.33.
B. 1.25.
C. 0.60.
D. 0.80.

2. The value of net exports is also the value of:
A. net saving.
B. national saving.
C. net investment.
D. the excess of national saving over domestic investment.

3. In the 1990s, a presidential candidate in the U.S. proposed tariffs on Japanese, Chinese, and other South American imports. Assume that the U.S. is a small open economy, and use the model of the real exchange rate shown in the diagram above to explain what happens to the following: 

a.) The real exchange rate 

b.) The trade balance

c.) Imports 

d.) Exports
4. A trade deficit can be financed in all of the following ways except by:
A. borrowing from domestic lenders.
B. selling foreign assets owned by domestic residents to foreigners.
C. selling domestic assets to foreigners.
D. borrowing from foreigners.
5. If the real exchange rate is high, foreign goods:
A. are relatively cheap and domestic goods are relatively expensive.
B. are relatively expensive and domestic goods are relatively cheap.
C. and domestic goods are both relatively expensive.
D. and domestic goods are both relatively cheap.
6. If domestic spending exceeds output, we ______ the difference.
A. export
B. import
C. import
D. export
7. Assume that in a small open economy where full employment always prevails, national saving is 300.
a.
If domestic investment is given by I = 400 – 20r, where r is the real interest rate in percent, what would the equilibrium interest rate be if the economy were closed?
b.
If the economy is open and the world interest rate is 10 percent, what will investment be?
c.
What will the current account surplus or deficit be? What will net capital outflow be?
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8. What is the price of a pair of shoes in Paris if the price in the U.S. is 400 USD and the exchange rate is 1 USD = 0.75 EUR?
A. 53 EUR
B. 30 EUR
C. 533 EUR
D. 300 EUR
9. An “open” economy is one in which:
A. government spending exceeds revenues.
B. the national interest rate equals the world interest rate.
C. the level of output is fixed.
D. there is trade in goods and services with the rest of the world.
10. If net capital outflow is positive, then:
A. exports must be negative.
B. the trade balance must be positive.
C. exports must be positive.
D. the trade balance must be negative.

11. If domestic saving exceeds domestic investment, then net exports are ______ and net capital outflows are ______.
A. positive; negative
B. negative; negative
C. positive; positive
D. negative; positive

Ford Motor: Three objectives for customer service

For Module 2, consider your organization's mission and strategy from the perspective of its potential, prospective, and present customers.In this section of the assignment you'll begin to identify objectives and measures relevant to that perspective. Refer back to this presentation on objectives if you need to.

 

Ford Motor Company

 

Assignment Expectations:

 

Once you're reasonably clear on what's involved, think about your organization and its customers/clients/users/service recipients/whatever-you-wish-to-call-them, and then:

 

Identify at least three objectives for the organization's customer service perspective and show how they relate to the mission, vision and strategy of the organization.

 

For each objective, develop at least one meaningful performance measure (metric).

 

For each objective, identify at least one expected level of performance (target).

 

For each objective, identify at least one new action or program that needs to be developed to ensure successful implementation of the organization's strategy (initiative).

 

Comment briefly on the relationships of the customer service objectives that you've identified here to the financial objectives that you identified in the Module 1 SLP assignment. How do they help to fulfill those objectives? If they don't (and they don't have to), what makes them more important than objectives that would relate to finances?

 

Here's a table that you may wish to copy and fill in (the boxes are expandable – take all the space you need to be complete in your descriptions. No more than 2-3 pages should be necessary.)

 

Objective Measure Target Action

 

Relationships to other objectives

Self-Checkout Machines and Customer Service

Corporate headquarters wants all stores to install at least two self-checkout machines. Research shows that the machines will pay for themselves within a year by reducing labor costs. You believe that cutting jobs would put your store at a competitive disadvantage. Your competitive edge–especially versus low price giants such as Wal-Mart–is better service. Instead of reducing your workforce, you'd like to transfer these cashier jobs into the deli and the bakery, and even add a childcare service for busy parents. You are convinced that the changes you envision could boost profits by a minimum of 5% in the first year. How would you persuade your manager at corporate headquarters to let you test your approach for the first year after the self-checkout machines are installed in your store?

8 Pages Wal-Mart

II. Analysis of IssuesFor this section of the assessment, you will provide your analysis of the company’s corporate responsibility including people, planet, and profit.

a. Personnel (people)

i. Identify the major stakeholders that may have been adversely affected by the behaviors of the company through the lens of personnelrelationships. Consider: What specifically has occurred to demonstrate corporate irresponsibility?

ii. Analyze current practices in terms of personnel relations occurring in the selected company. How do they compare to current researchon corporate responsibility in terms of personnel relations? Consider giving examples of exemplary practices in the industry or relatedindustry to support your claims.

b. Environmental (planet):

i. Analyze the environmental impacts affected by the policies of the company. How has this company made a positive impact on theenvironment? Consider giving examples of exemplary practices in the industry or related industry.

ii. Based on your analysis of the company’s impact on the environment, conclude how this company has demonstrated corporateirresponsibility. Consider justifying your response using supporting examples.

iii. Predict the short- and long-term effects of the current environmental policies upon the major stakeholders. How can improvement inthis area benefit the stakeholders? Consider providing some examples of companies that have made an effort to benefit thestakeholders through a responsible environmental policy.

c. Sound Business Practices (profit):

i. Determine what stakeholders are affected when the company remains profitable. How is this balanced with responsible corporatebehavior? Think about using anti-exemplar illustrations of other companies in which the pursuit of profit has overshadowed responsiblecorporate behavior to support your claims.

Customer Service in a Small Business

Describe three things you could do to provide excellent customer service as a small business owner. Describe one type of information that you would want to include in the customer profiles at your business.

Effective Advertising Planning and Implementation Campaign for Starbuck's

 

Select a product with which you are familiar. Research the company for the campaign that supports that product. Prepare a paper, in which you examine the key elements of this advertising, including:

 

What is the advertising message?

To who is it directed?

What is the relationship between consumer behavior and target markets?

How is the product positioned?

In what advertising media have you seen this product?

What changes would you make in the product positioning and the advertising message?

Research how this advertising was created (i.e. In house, outsourced, agency, etc)?

Is this an effective use of resources?

Based on your readings, what would you suggest to make the campaign more effective?

 

Be sure to properly cite your references using the APA format.

 

 

Please provide all references.