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This project requires you to identify and analyze legal issues and to make recommendations based on one or more fact patterns. The issues will relate to the concepts covered in weeks 4 and 5 about contract law.
Project 2
This is a very application-oriented exercise that requires you to recognize issues, assimilate concepts and knowledge about contract law and apply them to creating valid, enforceable contracts. This exercise is illustrative of the application-oriented types of questions on the final exam.
It is a contract exercise and does not require, nor should you use, any outside resources. If you cite to the text, avoid using any quotes.
Fact Scenario: Contractors, Inc. contracted with College to build a 20-room, 2 story classroom building, constructed of gray bricks, and according to architectural specifications provided by College. The building is to be located on campus at the corner of Campus Way and Academic Avenue at a contract cost of $5,000,000, and to be completed by August 1, 2013. This August 1 deadline would give College just enough time to move into the building and prepare the inside for classes to begin August 14. College informed Contractors that time was of the essence and that this is a tight timeline for moving into the new building.
The valid, written contract read, in part, as follows.
CONTRACT
We, the undersigned, party of the first part, hereinafter College, and party of the second part, hereinafter Contractors, Inc. hereby agree to the following:
1) Contractors, Inc. will build a 20-room, 2-story classroom building constructed of gray bricks, at the corner of Campus Way and Academic Avenue Avenue, in accordance with the architectural specifications stipulated by College and attached hereto and in compliance with Maryland building codes and regulations for new construction;
2) Contractors, Inc. will complete the construction project at a total cost of $5,000,000, inclusive;
3) Contractors, Inc. will complete the construction project not later than August 1, 2013. Time is of the essence.

College will pay Contractors, Inc. for the completed project, the sum of $5,000,000 not later than August 7, 2013.

Signed:
Robert Jones
Robert Jones
President, College
Date: January 10, 2013

Signed:
John Doe
John Doe
President, Contractors, Inc.
Date: January 10, 2013

A. On May 28, 2013, after the construction was more than half completed, the cost of bricks used for construction of the building increased substantially in the marketplace so that Contractors could no longer construct the building for $5,000,000. Contractors told College that it would need an additional $250,000 to complete the building using gray bricks on the exterior. College agreed to modify the original contract to increase the construction costs by $250,000, bringing the total cost of the project to $5,250,000.
College and Contractors drew up the following contract modification as an addendum to the original contract:

CONTRACT ADDENDUM

We, the undersigned, party of the first part, hereinafter College, and party of the second part, hereinafter Contractors, Inc. hereby agree to the following modification to the original agreement:

1) In addition to the contractual agreed upon cost of $5,000,000, College will pay Contractors, Inc. an additional $250,000 to build a 20-room, 2-story classroom building constructed of gray bricks, at the corner of Campus Way and Academic Avenue;

2) College will pay Contractors, Inc. for the completed project, the sum of $5,250,000 not later than August 7, 2013;

3) This modification does not in any way change any other terms of the original contract (attached hereto).

Signed:

Robert Jones
Robert Jones
President, College
Date: June 1, 2013
Signed:

John Doe
John Doe
President, Contractors, Inc.
Date: June 1, 2013
After the contract modification, Contractors continued to work on the building but did not meet the August 1 completion deadline. The building was completed on August 21, 2013.
In the meantime, fall semester classes began at College on August 14, making it necessary for College to lease classroom space from August 14-September 4, 2013. College necessarily had to hold classes in the leased space for 3 weeks until September 4 because it took 2 weeks (from August 21) for College to move into the new building and prepare it for classes. The lease costs were $5,000 per week, for a total of $15,000 for 3 weeks.
College paid Contractors $5,000,000 on September 4, but refused to pay the additional $250,000. College filed suit against Contractors for breach of contract.
Contractors countersued College for breach of contract.
Please label each part of paper as listed below.
Part I: Discuss the basis of a breach of contract claim by College against Contractors, any potential damages College could claim and the likely outcome of a lawsuit.
5-6 paragraphs minimum with in text cites; in depth, comprehensive; outside resources not necessary as all classroom resources will be sufficient.
Part II: Discuss the basis of a breach of contract claim of Contractors against College, any potential damages Contractors could claim and the likely outcome of a lawsuit.
5-6 paragraphs minimum with in text cites; in depth, comprehensive; outside resources not necessary as all classroom resources will be sufficient.
BE CAREFUL! This is not meant to be tricky but it is a very detailed analysis requiring in depth analysis and close scrutiny of every detailed fact. You do not need any information not provided.

Instructions
Strategic Staffing Plan (25 points)
TechnoWave is a multinational technology and consulting corporation headquartered in New York City. It manufactures and sells computer hardware and software, and offers infrastructure, hosting, and consulting services ranging from mainframe computers to nanotechnology. They operate in five regions of the world: North America, South America, South Asia, Europe, and Africa. TechnoWave strives to support the overall business management process by managing risks to ensure that IT services (including computer systems, networks, applications, telecommunications, technical support, and service desks) can be recovered within required, agreed-to business timescales.
As the HR director, you are tasked with hiring a country manager for TechnoWave, based in a country of your choice. You will develop an entire integrated global HR strategic staffing system, including recruiting, selection, training, and evaluation of the employee. Follow the phases below to complete this assignment.
Phase 1: Staffing, Recruiting, and Selection (approximately two pages)
Based on the scenario:
Conduct a job analysis and create a comprehensive job description.
Develop a recruiting plan based on the tasks discovered in the job analysis.
Develop selection criteria for the country manager position.
Phase 2: Training and Development (approximately two pages)
Based upon the tasks identified in the job analysis, formulate a one-day training plan for the new hire. Identify the specific components and content areas that you would cover.
Phase 3: Compensation and Benefits (approximately one page)
Create a job offer letter that outlines the compensation, benefits, and terms of employment for this position.
Phase 4: Evaluation and Performance Management (approximately two pages)

After six months, you will be asked to evaluate the new employee’s performance. Create and explain a performance measurement tool. Provide a sample output of the measures.
Criterion Description
Understanding
(5 points) Demonstrates a sophisticated understanding of the concepts
Analysis
(10 points) Presents an insightful and thorough competency model that specifies the knowledge, skills and behaviors of an international human resource manager
Connections
(5 points) Makes appropriate and powerful connections between the issues identified and the strategic concepts studied in the reading
Recommendations
(10 points) Presents detailed, realistic, and appropriate recommendations clearly supported by the information presented and concepts from the reading
Writing and Mechanics
(5 points) Writing demonstrates a sophisticated clarity, conciseness, and correctness; includes thorough details and relevant data and information; extremely well-organized
Uses APA guidelines accurately and consistently to cite sources
Total Score (Maximum 35 Points):

Think of someone you know who works in the information technology (IT) department within your current or former organization whom you can meet with to discuss the technology initiative you identified in the previous assignment.  Imagine you have been asked to present your idea to the management team of your company’s IT division.

Create a Power Point presentation in which you do the following:

• Outline the reasons for the technology change (i.e. identify problems with the current system or process)
• Outline the potential benefits from the proposed change and how it can improve the management of current processes
• Discuss how the implementation of new technology may align with the goals and objectives of your organization
• Provide real world examples and relevant sources to support your proposal

Incorporate appropriate animations, transitions, and graphics as well as “speaker notes” for each slide. The speaker notes may be comprised of brief paragraphs or bulleted lists. Support your presentation with at least three (3) scholarly resources.  In addition to these specified resources, other appropriate scholarly resources may be included.  Be sure to include citations for quotations and paraphrases with references in APA format and style where appropriate.

Length: 10 slides (with a separate reference slide).

Notes Length: 100-150 words for each slide.

Problems related to text’s Chapter 7:
	1.	Assume you need to build a confidence interval for a population mean within some given situation.  Naturally, you must determine whether you should use either the t-distribution or the z-distribution or possibly even neither based upon the information known/collected in the situation.  Thus, based upon the information provided for each situation below, determine which (t-, z- or neither) distribution is appropriate.  Then if you can use either a t- or z- distribution, give the associated critical value (critical t- or z- score) from that distribution to reach the given confidence level.
		a.	99% confidence	n=150	σ known	population data believed to be very skewed
			Appropriate distribution:
			Associated critical value:
		b.	95% confidence	n=10	σ unknown	population data believed to be normally distributed
			Appropriate distribution:
			Associated critical value:
		c.	90% confidence	n=40	σ unknown	population data believed to be normally distributed
			Appropriate distribution:
			Associated critical value:
		d.	99% confidence	n=12	σ unknown	population data believed to be very skewed
			Appropriate distribution:
			Associated critical value:
	2.	A student researcher is interested in determining the average (µ) GPA of all FHSU students, in order to investigate grade inflation at regional universities.  The data below represent the GPA’s of thirty randomly selected FHSU students.
		2.75	2.55	3.95	1.74	2.66	3.10	2.41	1.57	2.12	3.67	3.56	1.98
		4.00	3.21	1.95	3.75	1.45	3.01	2.29	2.66	3.95	2.50	3.88	2.79
		2.32	3.44	2.07	0.62	2.72	3.55	3.92	3.41	2.14	1.15	2.75	3.25
		a.	How do you know that you will need to construct the confidence interval using a t-distribution approach as opposed to a z-distribution?
		We want to construct the mean value confidence interval for the GPA’s with a 90% confidence level.
		b.	Determine the best point estimate (average) for the mean GPA.
		c.	Determine the critical t-value(s) associated with the 95% confidence level.
		d.	Determine the margin of error.
		e.	Determine the confidence interval.
		f.	In a sentence, interpret the contextual meaning of your result to part e above…that is relate the values to this situation regarding the mean GPA’s of all FHSU students.
	3.	Determine the two chi-squared (χ2) critical values for the following confidence levels and sample sizes.
		a.	95% and n=30
		b.	99% and n=20
	4.	We are also interested in estimating the population standard deviation (σ) for all FHSU student GPA’s.  We will assume that GPA’s are at least approximately normally distributed.  Below are the GPA’s.
		2.75	2.55	3.95	1.74	2.66	3.10	2.41	1.57	2.12	3.67	3.56	1.98
		4.00	3.21	1.95	3.75	1.45	3.01	2.29	2.66	3.95	2.50	3.88	2.79
		2.32	3.44	2.07	0.62	2.72	3.55	3.92	3.41	2.14	1.15	2.75	3.25
		Out to the right, construct a 95% confidence interval estimate of sigma (σ), the population standard deviation.
Problems related to text’s Chapter 8:
	5.	(Multiple Choice) A hypothesis test is used to test a claim.  On a right-tailed hypothesis test with a 1.39 critical value, the collected sample’s test statistic is calculated to be 1.45.  Which of the following is the correct decision statement for the test?
		A.	Fail to reject the null hypothesis
		B.	Reject the null hypothesis
		C.	Claim the alternative hypothesis is true
		D.	Claim the null hypothesis is false
	6.	(Multiple Choice) A hypothesis test is used to test a claim.  A P-value of 0.08 is calculated on the hypothesis test with a significance level set at 0.05.  Which of the following is the correct decision statement for the test?
		A.	Claim the null hypothesis is true
		B.	Claim the alternative hypothesis is false
		C.	Reject the null hypothesis
		D.	Fail to reject the null hypothesis
	7.	(Multiple Choice) Which of the following is not a requirement for using the t-distribution for a hypothesis test concerning μ.
		A.	Sample size must be larger than 30
		B.	Sample is a simple random sample
		C.	The population standard deviation is unknown
	8.	In an effort to promote healthy lifestyles, health screenings are given to employees of a large corporation.  In running a promotional trial, 84 out of the 150 people who work in one office for the corporation participate in the health screening.
		a.	Is the above information sufficient for you to be completely certain that more than 50% of all employees of the corporation will participate in the health screening?  Why or why not?
		b.	In establishing a statistical hypothesis testing of this situation, give the required null and alternative hypotheses for such a test, if it is desired that more than 50% of the employees participate in the health screening.
				H0:
				H1:
		c.	Based on your answer in part b, should you use a right-tailed, a left-tailed, or a two-tailed test? Briefly explain how one determines which of the three possibilities is to be used.
		d.	Describe the possible Type I error for this situation–make sure to state the error in terms of the percent of employees in the corporation who will participate in the health screenings.
		e.	Describe the possible Type II error for this situation–make sure to state the error in terms of the percent of employees in the corporation who will participate in the health screenings.
		f.	Determine the appropriate critical value(s) for this situation given a 0.025 significance level.
		g.	Determine/calculate the value of the sample’s test statistic.
		h.	Detemine the P-value.
		i.	Based upon your work above, is there statistically sufficient evidence in this sample to support that more than 50% of employees will participate in the health screening?  Briefly explain your reasoning.
	9.	The mean score on a certain achievement test at the turn of the century was 74.  However, national standards have been implmented which may lead to a change in the mean score.  A random sample of 40 scores on this exam taken this year yeilded the following data set.  At a 10% significance level, test the claim that the mean of all current test scores is not the same as in 2000.
			85	77	74	88	89	66	0	70
			73	76	86	74	73	82	72	0
			82	82	80	76	87	76	77	67
			72	49	73	75	82	73	81	30
			58	75	72	89	76	18	72	74
		a.	Give the null and alternative hypotheses for this test in symbolic form.
				H0:
				H1:
		b.	Determine the value of the test statistic.
		c.	Determine the appropriate critical value(s).
		d	Detemine the P-value.
		e.	Is there sufficient evidence to support the claim that the mean achivement score is now different than 73?  Explain your reasoning.
Problem related to text’s Chapter 9:
	10.	Listed below are pretest and posttest scores from a study.  Using a 5% significance level, is there statistically sufficient evidence to support the claim that the posttest scores were the higher than the pretest scores?  Perform an appropriate hypothesis test showing necessary statistical evidence to support your final given conclusion.
				PreTest	PostTest
				24	25
				11	12
				14	16
				25	24
				17	16
				28	29
				22	23
Problems related to text’s Chapter 10:
	11.	Multiple Choice:
		For each of the following data sets, choose the most appropriate response from the choices below the table.
			Data Set #1				Data Set #2
			x	y			x	y
			0	19			10	100
			1	15			14	33
			2	13			18	124
			3	12			24	160
			4	7			27	65
			5	0			32	117
			6	-3			36	27
			7	-4			40	150
			8	-7			45	44
		A.	A strong positive linear relation exists			A.	A strong positive linear relation exists
		B.	A strong negative linear relation exists			B.	A strong negative linear relation exists
		C.	A curvilinear relation exists			C.	A curvilinear relation exists
		D.	No linear relation exists			D.	No linear relation exists
	12.	Create a paired data set with 5 data points indicating strong (but not perfect) positive linear correlation.  Determine the correlation coefficient value for your data
			x	y
	13.	To answer the following, use the given data that contains information on the age of eight randomly female staff members at FHSU and their corresponding pulse rate.
			Age (years)	Pulse Rate (bpm)
			42	98
			34	80
			49	98
			27	63
			42	84
			18	49
			41	80
			21	55
		a.	Construct a scatterplot for this data set in the region to the right (age as the independent variable, and pulse rate as the dependent.)
		b.	Based on the scatterplot, does it look like a linear regression model is appropriate for this data?  Why or why not?
		c.	Add the line-of-best fit (trend line/linear regression line) to your scatterplot. Give the equation of the trend line below.  Then  give the slope value of the line and explain its meaning to this context.
		d.	Determine the value of the correlation coefficient.  Explain what the value tells you about the data pairs?
		e.	Does the value of the correlation coefficient tell you there is or is not statistically significant evidence that correlation exists between the age and pulse rates of female staff members?  Explain your position.  (HINT: application of table A-6 is needed!)
		f.	Based on the above, what is the best predicted pulse rate of a 30 year old female staff member?

Research Paper: Franchise Valuation

Each year, Forbes publishes lists with the valuations for sports franchises and reviews of the businesses of the main professional sports leagues in North America. For this assignment, complete a review of the determinants of franchise valuation. In a narrative format, using the most current Forbes  (www.forbes.com ) report and three scholarly sources, in addition to the textbook, write a paper that includes:

1. Analysis of the economic determinants of professional sports franchise value.
2. Evaluation of the franchise valuation of one sports franchise of your choice. In the valuation include factors such as, championships, price paid, revenue, operating income, debt/value, player expenses, gate receipts, wins-to-player cost ratio, revenue per fan, and metro area population.

Your paper must be four to five double-spaced pages  (not including a title page and reference page) and

Research/Reflective Paper Instructions
This assignment allows students to conduct some basic research on the topic of their choice and then reflect on experiences
that were significant to them as a developing student. You will identify at least two (2) issues from a list of given topics and
then conceptualize the research and literature to the experiences that were significant for you as a developing student.
Students are to find at least 5 scholarly, peer reviewed articles that cover their topic of interest that have been published in
journals, textbooks, or articles in the past decade (NO INFORMATION FROM THE INTERNET!!!!!!). They can (and
should) incorporate older references, non-peer reviewed sources, or additional peer reviewed sources. The paper should
include a literature review, synthesis, and reflection. Students will use 12-point font, double-spaced, a minimum of 1100 words
and will not exceed 6 pages (includes a cover page). THEY WILL BE SURE TO CITE REFERENCES ACCORDING TO
APA STYLE, 6TH EDITION.
Topics:
Attachment Theory: relationship to parenting style & psychological health as an adult
Antisocial Personality Disorder: influences of nature vs. nurture; prominence in the criminal justice system
Bullying: causes, who gets bullied; what can parents/teachers do to stop it?
Schizophrenia in Young Women and Men
Change of Perception Based on Attractiveness – Are the Attractive Treated Differently?
Hyperactive Children – The Role of Environment or Biology?
Motivation and its Varied Theories
Is Child Obesity a Reflection of Parental Negligence?
Dating Violence Among Teens
How Do Individual Differences Affect Stress
Role of the environment in the development of personality.
Compare and Contrast the Training, Scope, and Functions of Psychiatrists and Psychologists.
**Words of Advice**
Your research papers are to be prepared in APA format, and as such should include:
1. 1” margins all around
2. Title page centered horizontally and vertically
3. Abstract – second page – a brief summary of your findings
4. References within the document in APA format (NOT footnotes, but author and year in parenthesis).
5. References page after the body of the report (not numbered, but alphabetical by author’s last name – see examples below).
APA Format for References (fictitious samples, to show you the format):
For a professional journal article (as it would appear in the bibliography – alphabetically by author last name):
Freud, S. (1933). The interpretation of dreams. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 5(2), 144-148.
For a book:
Erikson, E. (1958). Psychological and social development through the lifespan. (pp. 104-155). New York, NY: Hardcourt Brace.
In-paper citations (using these two examples). Paraphrase the information, ending with the citation:
“For many adults, unresolved issues from childhood may show up in the latent content of their dreams, when interpreted from
a psychoanalytic point of view (Freud, 1933). In other cases, the difficulties may have more to do with their age and stage of
development. In later adulthood, conflicts may arise from career difficulties, and the feeling that it has become too late to
make major life changes (Erikson, 1958).”
Your paper should address the following:
1. Give a brief background of the subject or problem.
2. What is the significance of this topic/problem? Why is it important for people to understand? What areas of mental or
physical health may it have an impact on?
3. What is already known about this topic/problem?
4. What were the limitations that affected your efforts to research this topic/problem? Are there things that currently limit
what we know about this topic/problem?
5. APPLICATION: how can your research be applied? Address the various possible audiences: by psychologists? By other
mental health and/or medical professionals? By individuals and/or families? By institutions, governments or societies?
6. Relevance: is your research important to work going on currently in the field of psychology? How? Be specific.
7. Include a personal discussion of your thoughts, bias, feelings towards the subject or problem prior to the research you
conducted.

1100 words

You want to launch a business internationally, and you need to choose 3 countries—1 in the Middle East, 1 in Asia, and 1 in Latin America.

• What are some of the components of these cultures that you need to understand from a business standpoint?
• How are they different in each country? Specifically, what considerations will be necessary to facilitate collaboration across these cultures? Identify supervisory skills appropriate to respond to your considerations.
• Can you have a U.S. management style in these countries? In support of your answer, show how various issues would influence the success of multicultural teamwork.
• How are their economic systems classified? Explain why they are classified as such.
• After studying these countries, explain whether you should or should not move forward with your

.The President of XXXXXXX has asked you (a full time university professor) to write about the major causes and effects of stress on college students. The paper will be presented to senior administration in order to help students have a more positive college experience.

 

 

Write a four to five (4-5) page paper in which you:

1. Provide a clear thesis statement.
2. Describe the major cause.
3. Describe a leading second cause
4. Describe two (2) economic effects of the cause..
5. Describe two (2) effects on people.
6. Develop a coherently structured paper with an introduction, body, and conclusion.
7. Provide three (3) relevant and credible sources to support claims. Note: Wikipedia and other Websites do not qualify as academic resources.

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Case Study: Mobile Device Security and Other Threats

Due Week 8 and worth 110 points

Read the article titled, “Mobile Devices Will Be Biggest Business Security Threat in 2014”, located at http://www.businessnewsdaily.com/5670-mobile-devices-will-be-biggest-business-security-threat-in-2014.html, and reference FIPS 140-2 Security Policy, located at http://csrc.nist.gov/groups/STM/cmvp/documents/140-1/140sp/140sp1648.pdf. In addition, read the Sophos report titled, “Security Threat Report 2014”, located at http://www.sophos.com/en-us/medialibrary/PDFs/other/sophos-security-threat-report-2014.pdf.

Write a three to five (3-5) page paper in which you:

1. Analyze the emerging security threats presented within the “Security Threat Report 2014” report.
2. Analyze the major threats to mobile devices, and suggest at least two (2) methods to mitigate the concerns and make the devices more secure from an organizational standpoint. Justify your response.
3. Determine whether or not you believe that the mobile device threats are the most critical and disturbing of all of the security threats presented in the articles. Provide a rationale for your response.
4. Select one (1) security threat, unrelated to mobile devices, that you believe is the most alarming, and explain the main reasons why you believe that the chosen threat warrants concern. Suggest key strategies for mitigating the risk. Justify your response.
5. Use at least three (3) quality resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and similar Websites do not qualify as quality resources.

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

• Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
• Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

• Define common and emerging security issues and management responsibilities.
• Analyze the methods of managing, controlling, and mitigating security risks and vulnerabilities.
• Explain access control methods and attacks.
• Describe the applications and uses of cryptography and encryption.
• Use technology and information resources to research issues in security management.
• Write clearly and concisely about the theories of security management using proper writing mechanics and technical style conventions.

Click here to view the grading rubric for this assignment.