Indicate your understanding of the Transitions Theory by responding to Option A or B. Option A. Bridges describes change as “situational” and transitions as “psychological.” In your own words, explain what he means by this, and the implications it has for best practices in leading change. Post your response (your response should be ½ to 1 page in length, single-spaced, 12-point font). Option B. What is your reaction to Bridges’ observation that many change leaders have difficulty explaining the change they are implementing? Refer to his “three simple” questions and the 4 P’s guide for change communication in your response. Post your response (your response should be ½ to 1 page in length, single-spaced, 12-point font).

 

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INDIGO RESORT

TRIAL BALANCE

AUGUST 31, 2017

Debit

Credit

Cash$20,500Prepaid Insurance5,400Supplies3,500Land26,000Buildings126,000Equipment22,000Accounts Payable$5,400Unearned Rent Revenue5,500Mortgage Payable66,000Common Stock97,900Retained Earnings9,000Dividends5,000Rent Revenue82,200Salaries and Wages Expense44,800Utilities Expenses9,200Maintenance and Repairs Expense3,600Totals$266,000

$266,000

1.The balance in prepaid insurance is a one-year premium paid on June 1, 2017.2.An inventory count on August 31 shows $416 of supplies on hand.3.Annual depreciation rates are

(a) buildings (4%)

(b) equipment (10%).

Salvage value is estimated to be 10% of cost.4.Unearned Rent Revenue of $3,683 was earned prior to August 31.5.Salaries of $353 were unpaid at August 31.6.Rentals of $798 were due from tenants at August 31. (Use Accounts Receivable account.)7.The mortgage interest rate is 8% per year.

 

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Individual Assignment: Design a Flowchart for a ProcessSelect a process you perform daily but would like to spend less time doing, such as driving to work.Design a flowchart using an appropriate tool.Comment on the factors that affect the process design.Identify at least one metric to measure the process.Submit your flowchart for the process.Begin collecting data for the identified metric every day of the workweek. You must submit the data collected at the end of each week.

 

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Sample std deviation

1.30

1.16

Please use T Test with equal variance assumed to complete the analysis and make strategic recommendations.

3.    Your client is a socially and environmentally responsible investor who is currently holding S&P 500 and looking for investment opportunities with both financial return as well as social outcome. Domini Social equity fund is a fund who is specialized in investing in socially responsible firms. You collected the monthly return of the fund (DSEFX) as well as S&P 500.

·     Please conduct some research of DSEFX fund to understand the stocks that the fund is investing in.

·     Please conduct descriptive analysis of DSEFX and introduce this fund to your client. (No more than 3 sentences.)

·     Does this fund generate non negative return? Please conduct necessary analysis and illustrate all your steps, and explain it to your client.

·     How does this fund perform compared with S&P 500? Please conduct necessary analysis and illustrate all your steps and explain it to your client.

4.    A review website wants to identify the type of characteristics of reviewers who attract more audience to the website. Please run a regression model to determine how Content Quantity, Centrality, and other reviewer characteristics determine Viewership. Please interpret your model results and make recommendations to the website.

Data Description

·     REVIEWERID: this is a unique ID assigned to the reviewer. It is a “dummy” ID and does not have any special meaning.

·     STARTYEAR: this column indicates the year in which the reviewer started writing reviews at the website.

·     NCAT: there are many categories of products being reviewed at the website. This column indicates the number of categories for which the reviewer writes reviews.

·     Popularity: the website periodically votes on the popularity of reviews. Multiple levels of popularity recognition exist:

o  Level 0: the reviewer was not recognized as a popular reviewer

o  Level 1: the reviewer was recognized as a Top1000 reviewer

o  Level 2: the reviewer was recognized as a Top500 reviewer

o  Level 3: the reviewer was recognized as a Top200 reviewer

o  Level 4: the reviewer was recognized as a Top100 reviewer

o  Level 5: the reviewer was recognized as a Top50 reviewer

o  Level 6: the reviewer was recognized as a Top10 reviewer

·     Lead: this column indicates whether the reviewer was designated as a Lead (1 means yes, 0 means no), which is another recognition at the website.

·     Advisor: this column indicates whether the reviewer was designated as an Advisor (1 means yes, 0 means no), which is another recognition at the website.

·     Viewership: this column stores the average daily viewership of the reviewer (number of times users read the reviewer’s product reviews).

·     Content: this column stores the average amount of content of the reviewer. This measure is a weighted measure of the number of review articles the reviewer has, where reviews that were written a long time ago is discounted (since it is less likely to be relevant).

·     Centrality: this is a weighted measure of how many other reviewers trust this reviewer. This is a ratio level measurement. A higher value indicates the reviewer is trusted by more reviewers.

·     OutDegree: this column indicates how many other reviewers this reviewer trusts.

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Progistix Solutions Inc. Critical parts support network case study 

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Individual Assignment: Progistics-Solutions Inc. – The Critical Parts NetworkDUE: Wednesday, March 22 @10:45 a.m. SUBMISSION FORMAT: Hardcopy AND Blackboard1. Give two reasons why you think the performance of the Toronto depot is better than the performance of the Scarborough depot?(2 marks each)Reason #1Reason #2 2. Improvementsa. Describe three initiatives that can be done at the Critical Parts Network to improve inventory turns without having a negativeimpact on customer service levels. (2 marks each)b. Describe what the benefit would be of each initiative. (1 mark each)c. Explain what role would Xerox have to play in each initiative. (1 mark each)Initiative Description1 2 3 Benefit Xerox’ Role 3. What are the costs and benefits of reducing the cut-off point for filling from the technician’s trunks? For calculation purposes, assumeinventory carrying costs are 25% the value of the inventory. (4 marks) 4. If you were in the position of Gary Parkinson, what are the top three recommendations would you make to Jim Eckler and why?(Recommendation: 1 mark – Justification: 1 mark)Recommendation1 2 3 Justification

 

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