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Assessment 2:
Note: This is a group assessment. In any group maximum of 3 members are allowed. In mentioned cases provide a neat diagram to explain your answer. Make sure to label axes properly. Else points will be deducted. The maximum possible points is 40.

1.The following information is from International Business Times (April 4, 2012)

China has reacted to U.S. QE in the past by expressing dismay, primarily given the overweight U.S. dollar position in their foreign currency reserves.

(Source: http://www.ibtimes.com/exnet/chinese-reaction-fed-qe3-not-happy-797141 )

Explain the dismay of Chinese government due to quantitative easing (QE) using the FOREX market model discussed in the class. Make sure that you consider the undervalued exchange rate of China while answering the question. Provide neat diagram (s) to explain your answer. (20 points)

2.Lets assume the following information for an economy.

C=10000+0.6Y
I=2000
G=5000
X=600
M=400
All the notations are standard as discussed in the class

a.Find the size of the multiplier in this economy. (3 points)

b.Find the short run equilibrium output. (7 points)

3.The following news was issued in Bloomberg.

Thailands baht fell for a second week to reach the lowest level since 2010 and the benchmark stock index led losses in Southeast Asia on concern worsening political unrest will spur further capital outflows.

(http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-12-27/baht-falls-a-second-week-on-concern-protests-to-spur-outflows.html )

a.Why do you think that there is going to be capital outflow? (3 points)

b.If indeed there is going to be huge capital flight, what should be the policy taken up by Bank of Thailand to avoid a free fall of their exchange rate and how they can achieve it (explain at least one instrument)? (5+2=7 points)

Discuss cultural dimensions to doing business internationally and identify how culture affects international management. Specifically your essay should consider including the following suggested topic;what is culture?what are the components that make up a culture?what is diversity?what constitutes diversity issues in business?how do they {culture and diversity} affect doing business on international level?

Explain the ancient Greek concept of democracy and how it made Greeks feel they were different from the Persians12 pt font.

Case Scenario: Ali owns and operates a florist business, Blooming Studio, Inc. (Blooming) from a shop in his Virginia hometown. Blooming advertises and sells in Virginia from the shop, and also advertises and sells over the internet. A substantial percentage of Blooming\’s business is conducted via internet sales.Using Blooming\’s website and her credit card, on June 5, Janet purchased $5,000 worth of live wedding flowers from her home in Denver, Colorado. She requested the flowers to be shipped from Virginia to a hotel in Kansas City, Missouri, the site of the wedding, on June 14. The flowers arrived, as requested, on June 14, the day before the June 15 wedding, but Janet claimed they were withered and unusable. Blooming did not respond to Janet\’s communications and requests to replace the flowers.Janet sued Blooming in a Colorado court to recover her $5,000. Ali, on behalf of Blooming, filed a motion to dismiss claiming the Colorado court has no jurisdiction.A. Analyze and explain/justify your rationale: which court has jurisdiction to hear the case, and why?B. What is the legal basis for the court\’s jurisdiction over Blooming (i.e., what type of jurisdiction exists over Flowers)?C. Would you advise Janet to use ADR or go to court to resolve this dispute? Why or why not? If you advise ADR, which type of ADR would you recommend and why?Please answer each question part in paragraph format using APA in text citations, as appropriate, from the assigned materials. Include a References list and label each question part.Case Scenario: Seacoast enacted a city zoning ordinance regarding placement of outdoor signs and billboards. The ordinance banned outdoor advertising display signs, including billboards, on all public roads within the city limits. Advertising signs and billboards on-site on any public or private business location are exempt from this ordinance, and thus, permissible. Seacoast claimed the ordinance was necessary to promote public traffic safety and aesthetics, to protect its tourism, and to protect city growth.On the Road, Inc., a company in the business of leasing commercial billboards to advertisers, and the primary billboard provider in Seacoast, sued Seacoast alleging the zoning ordinance is unconstitutional.A. Discuss whether the ordinance is constitutional or unconstitutional and why.B. Explain the constitutional legal basis Seacoast could argue provides it with the authority to enact the ordinance OR explain why there is no constitutional authority/legal basis for Seacoast to enact the ordinance.

Health care market failures, such as adverse selection, can be addressed through government policy and regulation. By limiting barriers and providing access to health care through policy such as the health insurance expansion under the Affordable Care Act, policy makers can address failures and ensure adequate insurance coverage for healthy, unhealthy, and at-risk populations. For this Assignment, you examine the health insurance expansion policy and evaluate economic implications.To prepare for this Assignment:Analyze the rationale for health insurance expansion under the Affordable Care Act. How does health insurance expansion relate to the problem of adverse selection?Consider the economic implications of health insurance expansion in the United States. What are the economic implications of health insurance expansions for health care organizations in your own state or region?Note: This Assignment will be graded using this rubric: Document: Week 6 Assignment Rubric (Word document)The Assignment:In a 4- to 6-page paper, address the following:Analyze the rationale for health insurance expansion. Include how health insurance expansion relates to the problem of adverse selection.Evaluate economic implications of health insurance expansion in the United States. Include, specifically, how health insurance expansions might impact health care organizations in your own state or region.Note: The paper should be 4–6 pages, not including the title and reference pages. Your Assignment must be written in standard edited English. Be sure to support your work with specific citations from this module’s Learning Resources and additional scholarly sources, as appropriate. Refer to the Essential Guide to APA Style for Walden Students to ensure that your in-text citations and reference list are correct. See the rubric for additional requirements related to research and scholarly writing.

Research Dr. Kirkpatrick’s four levels of training evaluation, and design an effective evaluation system for King’s management training program. Discuss how each level of evaluation might or might not improve training outcomes at King.Make reasonable, cost-effective assumptions in your paper, if needed. It is not an option, however, for you to hire additional help (temporary or otherwise). State your assumptions in the beginning of your discussion.Provide private-sector employer examples of HRM programs, systems, processes, and/or procedures as you address the assignment requirements. Provide names of the employers. Use different employer examples in this course than what have been used previously in your other papers and courses.

This paper will be a study of analyzing the behavior of individuals in a work environment. The work environment need to be in the hospital industry. Remember, this paper needs to be from the perspective of analyzing the behavior of how people act during the work day and what specific things they do. Then, this information needs to be summarized into how a Manager can utilize this information. The paper should be tightly written and specific. Here is a link to the book (PDF) http://bba12.weebly.com/uploads/9/4/2/8/9428277/organizational_behavior_15e_-_stephen_p_robbins__timothy_a_judge_pdf_qwerty.pdfAny questions, email me immediately!

Please see attached document. There are three themes, each posting different questions. I need about 2-3 paragraphs for each theme, with at least 1-2 sources for each. I have provided you with the links to all of the reading for this week (you don\’t not have to use all of them, but they are there for your choosing!). Please let me know if I can be of any other assistance!

\’In about 300 words analyse the external communication challenges facing an organisation that you know of and summarise how you would improve its communications

These two houses where designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, a compare and contrast, from house program to Wright\’s own design methods and underlying philosophy. I will provide a powerpoint that can be used, although no reference to it should be made. The only possible reference would be Curtis\’s \”Modern Architecture since 1900\” only pages 113-123, if at all needed.