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HRM 530 Week 3 HRM and Business Strategies

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HRM 530 Assignment 5 Compensation and Benefits

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HRM 530 Assignment 3 Dismissal Meeting

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 HRM 530 Assignment 3 Dismissal Meeting

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HRM 530 Assignment 2 JOB Analysis

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 HRM 530 Assignment 2 JOB Analysis

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HRM 530 Alignment of HRM and Business Strategies 1

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HRM 530 Alignment of HRM and Business Strategies Assignment 1

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 HRM 530 Alignment of HRM and Business Strategies Assignment 1

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HRM 522 Walmart Manages Ethics and Compliance Challenges

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 HRM 522 Walmart Manages Ethics and Compliance Challenges

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HRM 500 Performance Management Assignment 3

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 HRM 500 Performance Management Assignment 3

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HRM 326 Final Exam Solutions

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 HRM 326 Final Exam Solutions

Question 1. Business strategy influences how the company uses all of the following capitals EXCEPT:

Question 2. To use _________ to gain a competitive advantage requires linking the company’s human resources practices (such as training and development) to the business strategy.

Question 3. This provides employees with immediate access to information, advice, and guidance.

Question 4. Centralized training means that training and development programs, resources, and professionals are primarily housed in one location and decisions about training investment, programs, and delivery methods are made from inter-related departments.

Question 5. Research suggests that the company satisfaction with the outsourcing of training and development depends on company-supplier trust and the specificity of the contract.

Question 6. An organizational analysis involves determining the appropriateness of training, based on all the following parameters, EXCEPT:

Question 7. A mid-level manager questioning aspects such as who should be trained is involved with which variable of needs assessment?

Question 8. The following are all advantages associated with online technology (software) method of needs assessment EXCEPT:

Question 9. With respect to person analysis, a major pressure point for training is poor or substandard rewards system:

Question 10. Trainees need to understand what specifically they are expected to learn in the training program.

Question 11. Regardless of the training methods, all of the following are some of the conditions which must be present for learning to occur, EXCEPT:

Question 12. This includes specialized knowledge that employees need in their jobs.

Question 13. This relates to the learner’s decision regarding what information to attend, how to remember and how to solve programs

Question 14. Pedagogy gives the instructor major responsibility for making decisions about learning content, method, and evaluation

Question 15. Seating arrangement at the training site should be based on an understanding of the desired type of trainee interaction and trainee-trainer interaction.

Question 16. ______ refers to the collection of information – including what, when, how, and from whom – that will be used to determine the effectiveness of the training program.

Question 17. What provides a way to understand the investments that training produces and provides information needed to improve training?

Question 18. _______ can be used as a “dress rehearsal” to show the program to managers, trainees, and customers.

Question 19. Identify the third level outcome amongst the following Kirkpatrick’s four-level framework for categorizing training outcomes.

Question 20. Skill-based outcomes include acquisition or learning of skills and use of skills on the jobs.

Question 21. All of the following are the most frequently used training techniques EXCEPT:

Question 22. The following are all advantages of using videos as a component of training EXCEPT:

Question 23. In case studies, trainees are required to analyze and critique the actions taken, indicating the appropriate actions and suggesting what might have been done differently.

Question 24. Meaningfulness of business games are enhanced if they are imaginative.

Question 25. Vicarious reinforcement occurs when a trainee sees a model being reinforced for using certain behaviors.

Question 26. This typically involves videoconferencing and/or computers for the delivery of instructions from a trainer to trainees who are different locations.

Question 27. Which one of the following is NOT an advantage of e-learning?

Question 28. Online learning allows more employees to gain access to these types of programs in a quicker time period than if face-to-face instruction is used.

Question 29. Simply providing learning control ensures that trainees will use all the features provided by online learning.

Question 30. Which of the following is evidence supporting the assertion that companies are investing in more training?

Question 31. Learning is defined as?

Question 32. According to the text, _____ provides the opportunity for learning and _____ is a result of the learning.

33. To understand a manager’s development needs, you must first understand _____.

Question 34. Which of the following is not an advantage to using externally based training programs for mangers?

Question 35. Which of the following statements about corporate universities is not true?

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GRO 330 Spirituality and Mental Health

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GRO 330 Depression in the Elderly

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GEN 499 General Education Capstone Complete Course

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 GEN 499 General Education Capstone Complete Course

GEN 499 Week 1 DQ 1 Final Research Paper Topic and Plan GEN 499 Week 1 DQ 2 Social Media GEN 499 Week 2 DQ 1 Professional Resume and Cover Letter GEN 499 Week 2 Assignment Critiquing Internet Sources GEN 499 Week 3 DQ 1 Social Capital GEN 499 Week 3 DQ 2 Federal Policy GEN 499 Week 3 Assignment Annotated Bibliography GEN 499 Week 4 DQ 1 Call to Action GEN 499 Week 4 DQ 2 Final Research Paper Progress GEN 499 Week 4 Critical Thinking Quiz GEN 499 Week 5 DQ 1 Technology and Globalization GEN 499 Week 5 DQ 2 Reflecting on General Education GEN 499 Week 5 Assignment Final Research Paper

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FIN 515 Week 7 Problem Set

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 FIN 515 Week 7 Problem Set

1. Answer the following questions:

a. What is the difference between a firm’s cash cycle and its operating cycle?

b. How will a firm’s cash cycle be affected if a firm increases its inventory, all else being equal?

c. How will a firm’s cash cycle be affected if a firm begins to take the discounts offered by its suppliers, all else being equal?

4. The Greek Connection had sales of $32 million in 2012, and a cost of goods sold of $20 million. A simplified balance sheet for the firm appears below:

a. Calculate The Greek Connection’s net working capital in 2012.

b. Calculate the cash conversion cycle of The Greek Connection in 2012.

c. The industry average accounts receivable days is 30 days. What would the cash conversion cycle for The Greek Connection have been in 2012 if it had matched the industry average for accounts receivable days?

5. Assume the credit terms offered to your firm by your suppliers are 3/5, Net 30. Calculate the cost of the trade credit if your firm does not take the discount and pays on day 30.

1. Which of the following companies are likely to have high short-term financing needs? Why?

a. A clothing retailer

b. A professional sports team

c. An electric utility

d. A company that operates toll roads

e. A restaurant chain

2. Sailboats Etc. is a retail company specializing in sailboats and other sailing-related equipment. The following table contains financial forecasts as well as current (month 0) working capital levels. During which months are the firm’s seasonal working capital needs the greatest? When does it have surplus cash?

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FIN 515 Week 6 Problem Set

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 FIN 515 Week 6 Problem Set

1. What inherent characteristic of corporations creates the need for a system of checks on manager behavior?

2. What are some examples of agency problems?

3. What are the advantages and disadvantages of the corporate organizational structure?

4. What is the role of the board of directors in corporate governance?

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FIN 515 Week 5 Problem Set

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 FIN 515 Week 5 Problem Set

Chapter 10 (pages 345–348)

4. You bought a stock one year ago for $50 per share and sold it today for $55 per share. It paid a $1 per share dividend today.

a. What was your realized return?

b. How much of the return came from dividend yield and how much came from capital gain?

20. Consider two local banks. Bank A has 100 loans outstanding, each for $1 million, that it expects will be repaid today. Each loan has a 5% probability of default, in which case the bank is not repaid anything. The chance of default is independent across all the loans. Bank B has only one loan of $100 million outstanding, which it also expects will be repaid today. It also has a 5% probability of not being repaid. Explain the difference between the type of risk each bank faces. Which bank faces less risk? Why?

22. Consider the following two, completely separate, economies. The expected return and volatility of all stocks in both economies is the same. In the first economy, all stocks move together—in good times all prices rise together and in bad times they all fall together. In the second economy, stock returns are independent—one stock increasing in price has no effect on the prices of other stocks. Assuming you are risk-averse and you could choose one of the two economies in which to invest, which one would you choose? Explain.

30. What does the beta of a stock measure?

35. Suppose the market risk premium is 5% and the risk-free interest rate is 4%. Using the data in Table 10.6 (also shown above), calculate the expected return of investing in

a. Starbucks’ stock.

b. Hershey’s stock.

c. Autodesk’s stock.

Chapter 11 (pages 390–396):

2. You own three stocks: 600 shares of Apple Computer, 10,000 shares of Cisco Systems, and 5,000 shares of Colgate-Palmolive. The current share prices and expected returns of Apple, Cisco, and Colgate-Palmolive are, respectively, $500, $20, $100 and 12%, 10%, 8%.

a. What are the portfolio weights of the three stocks in your portfolio?

b. What is the expected return of your portfolio?

c. Suppose the price of Apple stock goes up by $25, Cisco rises by $5, and Colgate-Palmolive falls by $13. What are the new portfolio weights?

d. Assuming the stocks’ expected returns remain the same, what is the expected return of the portfolio at the new prices?

50. Suppose Autodesk stock has a beta of 2.16, whereas Costco stock has a beta of 0.69. If the risk-free interest rate is 4% and the expected return of the market portfolio is 10%, what is the expected return of a portfolio that consists of 60% Autodesk stock and 40% Costco stock, according to the CAPM?

Chapter 12 (page 431):

26. Unida Systems has 40 million shares outstanding trading for $10 per share. In addition, Unida has $100 million in outstanding debt. Suppose Unida’s equity cost of capital is 15%, its debt cost of capital is 8%, and the corporate tax rate is 40%.

a. What is Unida’s unlevered cost of capital? b. What is Unida’s after-tax debt cost of capital? c. What is Unida’s weighted average cost of capital?

27. You would like to estimate the weighted average cost of capital for a new airline business. Based on its industry asset beta, you have already estimated an unlevered cost of capital for the firm of 9%. However, the new business will be 25% debt financed, and you anticipate its debt cost of capital will be 6%. If its corporate tax rate is 40%, what is your estimate of its WACC?

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FIN 515 Week 4 Problem Set

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 FIN 515 Week 4 Problem Set

Bonds-1. Interest on a certain issue of bonds is paid annually with a coupon rate of 8%. The bonds have a par value of $1,000. The yield to maturity is 9%. What is the current market piece of these bonds? The bonds will mature in 5 years.

Bonds-2. A certain bond has 12 years left to maturity. Interest is paid annually at a coupon rate of 10%. The bonds are currently selling for $850. What is their YTM?

Bonds-3. A certain bond pays a semiannual coupon rate at a 10% annual rate. The bond has a par value of $1,000. There are eight years to maturity. The yield to maturity is 9%. What is the current price of the bond?

Bonds-4. A particular corporate bond has a par value of $1,000. Coupon payments are $40 and are paid twice a year. Seven years are left on the life of the bond.The YTM is 9%. What is the price of the bond?

Bond-5. A given bond has 5 years to maturity. It has a face value of $1,000. It has a YTM of 5% and the coupons are paid semiannually at a 10% annual rate. What does the bond currently sell for?

Bond-6. A given bond has five years left to maturity. Interest is paid annually and the annual coupon rate is 9%. The par value of the bond is $1,000. The bond currently sells for $1,000. What is the yield to maturity?

9-1.Assume Evco, Inc., has a current price of $50 and will pay a $2 dividend in 1 year, and its equity cost of capital is 15%. What price must you expect it to sell for right after paying the dividend in 1 year in order to justify its current price?

9-5.NoGrowth Corporation currently pays a dividend of $2 per year, and it will continue to pay this dividend forever. What is the price per share if its equity cost of capital is 15% per year?

9-6.Summit Systems will pay a dividend of $1.50 this year. If you expect Summit’s dividend to grow by 6% per year, what is its price per share if its equity cost of capital is 11%?

9-7. Dorpac Corporation has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Dorpac’s equity cost of capital is 8%, and its dividends are expected to grow at a constant rate. a. What is the expected growth rate of Dorpac’s dividends? b. What is the expected growth rate of Dorpac’s share price?

9-12.Procter & Gamble will pay an annual dividend of $0.65 1 year from now. Analysts expect this dividend to grow at 12% per year thereafter until the fifth year. After then, growth will level off at 2% per year. According to the dividend-discount model, what is the value of a share of Procter & Gamble stock if the firm’s equity cost of capital is 8%?

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FIN 515 Week 3 Problem Set

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 FIN 515 Week 3 Problem Set

Chapter 7 (pages 225–228):

1. Your brother wants to borrow $10,000 from you. He has offered to pay you back $12,000 in a year. If the cost of capital of this investment opportunity is 10%, what is its NPV? Should you undertake the investment opportunity? Calculate the IRR and use it to determine the maximum deviation allowable in the cost of capital estimate to leave the decision unchanged.

2. You are considering an investment in a clothes distributor. The company needs $100,000 today and expects to repay you $120,000 in a year from now. What is the IRR of this investment opportunity? Given the riskiness of the investment opportunity, your cost of capital is 20%. What does the IRR rule say about whether you should invest?

3. You are a real estate agent thinking of placing a sign advertising your services at a local bus stop. The sign will cost $5,000 and will be posted for one year. You expect that it will generate additional revenue of $500 per month. What is the payback period?

4. You are deciding between two mutually exclusive investment opportunities. Both require the same initial investment of $10 million. Investment A will generate $2 million per year (starting at the end of the first year) in perpetuity. Investment B will generate $1.5 million at the end of the first year and its revenues will grow at 2% per year for every year after that.

a. Which investment has the higher IRR? b. Which investment has the higher NPV when the cost of capital is 7%? c. In this case, for what values of the cost of capital does picking the higher IRR give the correct answer as to which investment is the best opportunity?

Chapter 8 (260–262)

1. Pisa Pizza, a seller of frozen pizza, is considering introducing a healthier version of its pizza that will be low in cholesterol and contain no trans fats. The firm expects that sales of the new pizza will be $20 million per year. While many of these sales will be to new customers, Pisa Pizza estimates that 40% will come from customers who switch to the new, healthier pizza instead of buying the original version.

a. Assume customers will spend the same amount on either version. What level of incremental sales is associated with introducing the new pizza?

b. Suppose that 50% of the customers who will switch from Pisa Pizza’s original pizza to its healthier pizza will switch to another brand if Pisa Pizza does not introduce a healthier pizza. What level of incremental sales is associated with introducing the new pizza in this case?

6. Cellular Access, Inc. is a cellular telephone service provider that reported net income of $250 million for the most recent fiscal year. The firm had depreciation expenses of $100 million, capital expenditures of $200 million, and no interest expenses. Working capital increased by $10 million. Calculate the free cash flow for Cellular Access for the most recent fiscal year.

12. A bicycle manufacturer currently produces 300,000 units a year and expects output levels to remain steady in the future. It buys chains from an outside supplier at a price of $2 a chain. The plant manager believes that it would be cheaper to make these chains rather than buy them. Direct in-house production costs are estimated to be only $1.50 per chain. The necessary machinery would cost $250,000 and would be obsolete after 10 years. This investment could be depreciated to zero for tax purposes using a 10-year straight-line depreciation schedule. The plant manager estimates that the operation would require $50,000 of inventory and other working capital upfront (year 0), but argues that this sum can be ignored because it is recoverable at the end of the 10 years. Expected proceeds from scrapping the machinery after 10 years are $20,000.

If the company pays tax at a rate of 35% and the opportunity cost of capital is 15%, what is the net present value of the decision to produce the chains in-house instead of purchasing them from the supplier?