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Read a minimum of 5 articles from the Corner Office column in the New York Times (http://projects.nytimes.com/corner-office). Of these five columns, select the profile of the person whose style of leadership you most identify with or admire and discuss why this person’s leadership is particularly impressive to you. Use concepts from the class (e.g., leadership, ethics, power and politics) in discussing this person’s appeal. Include a list of the 5 profiles you read noting the name, company and title of the essays.

In this exercise, you need to read each narrowed position statement given below and write one or two sentences that answer this specific position statement with a focused argument from the opposite side of the issue. Explain your answer in two or more sentences. Even if you agree with the original position statement, think of what someone who disagrees with you would say and why someone would hold such a view. Note that you are also free to point out any errors in reasoning in these position statements and respond to those as well.
1. Animals deserve the same rights as people because they can feel pain; therefore, everyone in the world should be vegetarians.
2. America should not act as a “World Policeman” because it has enough domestic issues of its own to deal with.
3. Immigration should be allowed without any caps because it brings in skilled workers and increases the cultural variety of American society.
4. Parents should never be held responsible for the crimes of their juvenile children because children should be held responsible for their own actions.
5. Beauty pageants are a fantastic way for young girls to increase their self-esteem, practice public speaking, and cultivate their talents.
Submission Requirements:

this is finance and investment questions. I need the answer to be in accordance to the question (australia).
here is the questions:
Question 4 (Total marks for this question = 14 marks)
The rate of return for an Australian Commonwealth Government Treasury Bond is given as 4% per annum. The yearly return for the Australian share market is given as 12%. Suppose a listed company has a beta value of 0.75. The dividend payments for the listed company are expected to grow at 4% per year. The current dividend is $3 per share.
(a) Calculate the market premium. (2 marks)
(b) Calculate the investors’ required rate of return for the company’s shares.

(4 marks)
(c) Calculate the intrinsic price of the shares. (4 marks)
(d) If the market price is $50 per share, would you buy shares in the company? Explain your answer. (2 marks)

The broadest index on the Australian share market is the All Ordinaries Index.

(a) Define the All Ordinaries Index and explain how the All Ordinaries Index can be used to estimate the market return of the Australian share market. (4 marks)
(b) Construct a table showing the daily closing value of the All Ordinaries Index from September 30, 2013, to October 18, 2013, inclusive. (2 marks)
(c) On your table, show the daily percentage change in the All Ordinaries Index in this time period, to two decimal places. (4 marks)
(d) Did the All Ordinaries Index show any volatility during this time period and what was the cause of this volatility? (5 marks)

Question 7 (Total marks for this question = 10 marks)
Consider an investment project with a length of n years and an initial outlay IO. Let be the net cash flow for the project in year t, where t = 1, 2, …, n. Let k be the project discount rate per annum, expressed in decimal form. t ACF
Write down a formula for the net present value, NPV, for the project. (2 marks)

Write down a formula for the profitability index, PI, for the project. (2 marks)

(c) Using your answers to (a) and (b), show that . (4 marks) NPV IO PI IO? ?
(d) Why is the net present value used more than the profitability index in capital budgeting? (2 marks)

Question 10
State whether or not you think the Board of the Reserve Bank of Australia will decrease the cash rate again in the current interest rate cycle. Give reasons for your answer.

Unit II Article Critique
For this assignment, choose a peer-reviewed article to critique. Use the databases within the CSU Online Library or use another source that contains peer-reviewed articles. The purpose of this assignment is for you to practice reviewing articles that contribute to the industry. The authors of these articles are researchers and professionals that have shared or experimented with ideas that demonstrate potential to improve the industry. As a professional in the industry, it is in your best interest to review the literature and trends. This provides you with the opportunity to read about what was successful and how they accomplished it. Plus, it allows you to analyze what was unsuccessful, how you can improve it, or at least not repeat the mistakes of others. Use these skills to contribute to research papers and other scholarly writing. If you have not already, hopefully you will contribute to the industry by publishing an article and sharing with your community of peers. As you read the article, consider the following questions: How could the topic of this article apply to your personal or professional life? How could it apply to an organization you have observed?
The article you choose must meet the following requirements:
? Must be peer reviewed.
? Must be an international, multinational, or global organization.
? Consider the following industries:
o Aerospace
o Communications
o Technology
o Banking
o Energy
o Consumer products
o Or an industry of your choice
?
The writing you submit must meet the following requirements:
? Be at least three pages.
? Identify the main topic/question.
? Who is the author’s intended audience?
? Critique one or more of the following:
o Ethics
o Social Responsibility
o Corruption
? List recommendations for improvement.
Your critique should not only include performance deficiencies from within the organization, but recommendations about how they could improve their actions and performance.
The purpose of this assignment is for you to dive in and practice assessing a scenario as an international manager. For this assignment you are not a student; you are an International

Recent theoretical developments in leadership paradigms seem more inclined to frame leadership concepts within the context of moral philosophy, interpersonal growth and spiritual values, topics discussed in business leadership models. Some examples include transformational leadership (Burns, 1978; Bass, 1990), Servant-Leadership (Greenleaf Center, 2002), Relational Leadership (Brower, Schoorman, & Hwee, 2000) and spiritual leadership (Mitroff & Denton, 1999), and Transactional Leadership (Nahavandi, 2006).

Conduct a preliminary search of these models, and select one that resonates best with your own leadership style and one that does not resonate to your own leadership style. Using the business article collections in the Library and other credible sources, respond to the following questions regarding the model you have selected:

•Select two and compare and contrast these two models. Discuss how these selected leadership models impact leader follower-relationships and organizational culture.
•How is your own leadership style similar to the selected leadership model?

Relates to Learning Outcomes:

• Demonstrate an understanding of the importance of procurement for global organisations operating in complex market environments

• Locate, synthesise and critically evaluate recent/current information from a wide range of published literature in the area of Project Risk and Procurement Management

A proactive strategic procurement operation can give the organisation it represents a competitive advantage by reducing waste in the value chain. For an organisation of your choice, you are asked to critically examine the contribution that the Procurement function makes to the firm’s competitive advantage.

This coursework should follow a structured approach and should be prepared and presented as a professional business report. You should undertake a relevant literature review that helps inform your investigation. Please also ensure that the Harvard Referencing System is adhered to and fully complied with. It is acceptable to focus on one or more of the areas below or to provide an overall Procurement review:

• Procurement Strategy
• Supply Chain Management
• Procurement Processes
• Strategic Sourcing
• e-procurement
• Sustainable Procurement
• Supply Risk

You know that when expanding and investing in projects overseas as Acme plans to, it is essential to understand such things as return on equity (ROE) and internal rate of return (IRR). Using Internet sources gather information on ROE and IRR. Post a two to three paragraph explanation for each of these terms and the advantages and disadvantages of using them when selecting projects to invest in overseas.

Return on Equity vs. Return on Capital
Return on Equity Definition
Keep Your Eye on the ROE

IRR Example

Select two companies from the same industry. Using the annual report information available on the company’s Web site compute the ROE for each company. Each of these three questions needs an answer of a minimum length of 2-3 paragraphs. Provide a total of 6-9 paragraph analysis of your findings.

You have been encouraged by a colleague to write a brief article about “CEOs and presidents” for a management journal. You have decided to compare the leadership styles of three leaders: Andrea Jung, Indra Nooyi, and Brenda Barnes. Using the Library, the Internet, and your course materials, write a 4-5 page document via Word that elaborates on the following:

In your article, provide the following:

An introduction to the concept of influence processes
A summary of the various types of influence processes and the factors that can affect them
An analysis of the processes used by the three leaders: Andrea Jung, Indra Nooyi, and Brenda Barnes. Identify the processes that the leaders and top management team (TMT) are using to impact the organization. Use the table below to organize your answers (you can copy the table from this browser window and paste it into your Word document). Please enter into each cell in the table how that leader is using that particular influence method (if applicable).
Influence Method

*Andrea Jung
Direct decisions
Allocation of resources
Reward system
Selection and promotion of other leaders
Role modeling

*Indra Nooyi
Direct decisions
Allocation of resources
Reward system
Selection and promotion of other leaders
Role modeling

*Brenda Barnes
Direct decisions
Allocation of resources
Reward system
Selection and promotion of other leaders
Role modeling

You recently attended a management workshop entitled, “Gender and Leadership,” during which the workshop leader related the following statement originally expressed by Bill Clinton: “We need not just a new generation of leadership but a new gender of leadership” (“Clinton pledges fidelity,” 1992, p. A2).

Respond to this statement by answering the following questions:

•Do you agree or disagree with this statement? Why?
•Do you think there are gender-specific leadership or management traits?
•Name two women in leadership roles that are globally respected and have proven to be successful. Please describe why you have selected each individual. What are their accomplishments?
Use the Library or other Web resources to support your argument. Be sure to cite your sources using APA Style 6th edition guidelines

 

This research systematically reviews all the prospective cohort studies that have analysed the relationship between adherence to a Mediterranean diet, mortality and incidence of chronic diseases in a primary prevention setting. Twelve studies were carried out with the duration of follow up of reviews in the period of three to 18 years. Among the 12 studies, eight studies confirmed that Mediterranean diet is associated with a significant improvement in health status, as seen by a significant reduction in: overall mortality from CVD (9%), incidence of mortality from cancer (6%) and incidence of Parkinson’s disease and Alzheimer’s diseases (13%). These results are particularly encouraging that Mediterranean-like dietary pattern is possibly the primary protective factor from major chronic lifestyle diseases. The meta-analysis of these prospective studies covers the following:

 

1. Meta analysis and the overall analysis.
2. Main outcomes of the analysis
3. The association of diet and the disease
4. The implications
5. The limitations
6. The primary and the secondary prevention of major chronic diseases

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Questions to be submitted:

 

1. What is a meta-analysis? (Mention the 3 critical aspects)

 

2. How many subjects and deaths were covered in the eight cohort studies?

 

3. What was the main finding of the combined cohort studies in terms of adherence to a Mediterranean diet?

 

4. Describe in terms of food types what is meant by “Mediterranean diet”.

 

5. What are the limitations of the “Mediterranean diet” concept and how they group some food categories? (Page 6 of 7, Limitations)

 

6. In general, what were the primary and secondary prevention of major chronic diseases with greater adherence of a Mediterranean diet?